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Related: About this forumBurglar killed in Wynnefield home invasion
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9521697The young couple returned home to find four or five masked men rummaging through the house.
The man confronted the intruders and a scuffle followed.
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It's stories like these that make me question the personal protection device I carry daily, a 6+1 380.
The good news is with my DVR and one interior wireless PTZ camera hopefully I'd get some advanced warning from my monitoring system. It's easy to click the app and take a look around the exterior and parts of the interior. I also receive texts from the inside camera on detected movement. The outside cameras send e-mails since there's so many.
I did pick up a M&P shield but it's still limited on capacity at 8+1 I suppose that's the price you pay for having a pistol that can actually be concealed.
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Burglar killed in Wynnefield home invasion (Original Post)
ileus
May 2014
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Chances are you will never have 4 people in your house. Your 6 shots should be fine 99.99999%....
Logical
May 2014
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safeinOhio
(32,522 posts)1. I'm cheap and stay safe
I use this and it works great, only about $50 and no fees, ever. It calls my cell and lets me listen in to what's going on in the house.
http://www.thehomesecuritysuperstore.com/motion-detector-autodialers-telespy-motion-detector-auto-dialer-ts1-p=768
Logical
(22,457 posts)2. Chances are you will never have 4 people in your house. Your 6 shots should be fine 99.99999%....
of the time.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. Yes, true if the home invaders are cooperative and hold still and wait their turn.
And each bullet makes it's mark.
Sure, four bullets is all one needs.
Or he could get one of those motion activated Dog Barking alarm which scare intruders away and make guns unnecessary.
Bazinga
(331 posts)4. I've got one of those.
He's got red hair, floppy ears, and we call him Scout!
Though I still keep my Glock as a backup, because I'm pretty sure he'll just see an intruder as a new friend to play ball with.