Self Defence Weapons/Tools

[sxtasy]

What methods of self and household protection are most effective at a reasonable cost? No guns and keep things legal and keep costs down at the same time.

[chkolny541]

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[calgary403]

Originally posted by sxtasy
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[derpderp]

A set of Chef knives? A Baseball Bat? Tools?

Anything that would be legal to leave laying around is only going to be typical household items in the first place like the kitchen knife.

[Mitsu3000gt]

In Canada, use anything more than your fists, fail to kill the intruder, and you will almost surely get into more trouble than he will. He will sue you and most likely win if he lives.

You say no guns but for the above reason IMO a small shotgun (w/buckshot) is the best possible home defense weapon.

[Guillermo]

why are you worried about home protection? must be watching too much American tv.

[broken_legs]

Originally posted by Guillermo
why are you worried about home protection? must be watching too much American tv.

Sersiously. GO READ A BOOK.

[sxtasy]

Originally posted by Guillermo
why are you worried about home protection? must be watching too much American tv.

Lost a lot this week and I will be going after the people I lost it from. I'm thinking about getting another dog. I need something good for my vehicle

[Toma]

Originally posted by sxtasy
Lost a lot this week and I will be going after the people I lost it from. I'm thinking about getting another dog. I need something good for my vehicle

What? You didnt have insurance?

[Toma]

Originally posted by Guillermo
why are you worried about home protection? must be watching too much American tv.

Word. I don't even lock my door when I am home.

[Scuderia]

Originally posted by Guillermo
why are you worried about home protection? must be watching too much American tv.

Atleast you're a consistant imbicile...

[drtoohotty1]

Originally posted by sxtasy
Lost a lot this week and I will be going after the people I lost it from.

sounds like a segall tv movie, awesome!

[sxtasy]

Originally posted by Toma

What? You didnt have insurance?

I have insurance on my home and vehicle. Not where I lost it from. Your missing the point anyways, why should theives get off easy

Originally posted by Toma


Word. I don't even lock my door when I am home.

Believe me I live in the country on Vancouver Island, I was never worried about security, part of the reason why I got fucked over

[Toma]

Originally posted by sxtasy


I have insurance on my home and vehicle. Not where I lost it from. Your missing the point anyways, why should theives get off easy

Believe me I live in the country on Vancouver Island, I was never worried about security, part of the reason why I got fucked over

Well, there is only property and health.

If you family and you are ok, the rest should have been insured.

If it wasn't, then your fault (responsibility) for being careless.

[Toma]

I agree... a good "self defence" beating is fun though.

[BigMass]

Nothing really comes close to a gun. If I get woken suddenly in the middle of the night I don’t have the immediate strength to do anything effective with a melee weapon. A gun would be the only real equalizer in that type of self defense situation.

I speak from experience because I have been in the situation before where I heard a loud bang in the middle of the night and proceeded to clear my house with a firearm. Someone did in fact force open the patio door and ran out when I slowly came down shouting something to the effect of “I have a gun”… I was mentally alert but I was very weak physically from just waking up. If I didn’t have a gun I’d probably have just been in my bedroom with my wife and nothing but a prayer that the criminal didn’t come upstairs.

And this wasn’t in Forest Lawn or some sketchy neighborhood. It was in Edgemont.

[kertejud2]

Originally posted by sxtasy
I need something good for my vehicle

Fertilizer and benzene stuffed into the trunk should do the trick, rig up a remote detonator attached to a cell phone and it'll learn people from stealing your car pretty quick.

Or if you're a baller,

[Toma]

Originally posted by BigMass
Nothing really comes close to a gun. If I get woken suddenly in the middle of the night I don’t have the immediate strength to do anything effective with a melee weapon. A gun would be the only real equalizer in that type of self defense situation.

True... but In Canada, your weapon must be empty, trigger locked, and your ammo locked separately.
By the time you unlock your gun, unlock your ammo, load it, and try and aim half tired....

I think guns in the home are more of a danger than a help.

Look at the stats.... MOST gun deaths in Canada are in the home and NOT self defense related....ie, probability states that having a gun, you are more likely to lose a family member or guest in your house versus actually killing a burglar.

[broken_legs]

Originally posted by Toma


True... but In Canada, your weapon must be empty, trigger locked, and your ammo locked separately.
By the time you unlock your gun, unlock your ammo, load it, and try and aim half tired....

I think guns in the home are more of a danger than a help.

Look at the stats.... MOST gun deaths in Canada are in the home and NOT self defense related....ie, probability states that having a gun, you are more likely to lose a family member or guest in your house versus actually killing a burglar.

Stats also show that you are more likely to be killed by an intruder if you don't have a gun.

Poor use of stats here, Toma. I usually agree with you on most stuff you post.

How many people were injured/died from violent crime in the home vs how many people died from accidental firearm discharges? Thats a stat that would hold some water.

[sxtasy]

while a gun is very tempting I can see Toma's point that a gun can sometimes cause more trouble than good. A German Sheppard or Rottweiler for the house, axe for the truck lol?