Someone breaks into your home...

[M0RPH]

THis is a pretty silly scenario. A criminal is not gonna break in and approach the person in the house and just stand there. Either he's gonna flee, or he is purposely there to get you, in which case he's gonna be armed. Like someone else said, too many variables... you're being too vague.

 

[MikeMike]

THis is a pretty silly scenario. A criminal is not gonna break in and approach the person in the house and just stand there. Either he's gonna flee, or he is purposely there to get you, in which case he's gonna be armed. Like someone else said, too many variables... you're being too vague.

how am I being vague?

You were sleeping, you woke up and turned on the light at which point you both are staring at each other... this is the millisecond after that and he hasn't fled yet because he is still trying to decide what to do...

 

[HAL9000]

THis is a pretty silly scenario. A criminal is not gonna break in and approach the person in the house and just stand there. Either he's gonna flee, or he is purposely there to get you, in which case he's gonna be armed. Like someone else said, too many variables... you're being too vague.

Agreed.

 

[jruchko]

THis is a pretty silly scenario. A criminal is not gonna break in and approach the person in the house and just stand there. Either he's gonna flee, or he is purposely there to get you, in which case he's gonna be armed. Like someone else said, too many variables... you're being too vague.

Here is how I would act in specific scenarios:
I feel my life is threatened, I will shoot. In the scenario provided by the OP, the only way I wouldn't feel like my life was threatened would be if I can clearly see they have no weapons, and don't make any quick movements. Even if they run I will assume they are going to pull a weapon once out of sight, I don't take chances when it comes to my life.

If they don't move, and their hands are empty, by the time I am ready to fire, I would warn them that any sudden movements or resistance will get them shot. I would then restrain him like I was trained (laying on stomach, fingers interlocked behind head). Once they are under control and no longer a threat I would call the police.

I really don't imagine they wouldn't make any movements by the time I was ready to fire, so 99.9999999% of the time I will shoot first.

 

[Murloc]

here thieves don't break in houses at night when there are people inside. Few people own a ready-to-use weapon, urbanization is dense, locks are resistant.

Here they do this:
- eastern european criminals living in italy
- cross the border
- they know who is on holiday because they plan it and watch the targets for days to know your habits (typical theft: all the street is on holiday, no neighbours to hear the noise)
- waste the house, take everything, and go back to italy
OR
- disguise themselves as a removal film and steal antiquities (only commissioned theft done by professionals)

in the summer they can go through multiple flats.

other stuff:
- break in a jewerly shop by crashing a car
- break in boutiques without alarms and steal clothes (this is a new trend)

- if you go away and leave a window open, roms might get in.

an interesting thing they do is:
>milan, italy
>traffic light stop
>guy in a scooter with a knife attached to his shoe sole kicks your tire
>don't hear anything
>you understand that the tire is flat 1 km later
>have to stop
>there's a random guy walking by who sees you
>he's very friendly and helps you with the tire
>you go away
>yfw everything valuable you left on the car is gone

In italy they steal buses too. Tourists or people from the airport take them, they get out, the driver does something stupid, the bus is gone.

 

[WelshBloke]

Does the shoot first option assume that you have a loaded gun under your pillow or that the guy standing at the end of your bed is going to wait while you go retrieve it?

 

[boomerang]

they break in, you are sleeping, you turn on a light, they dont run they just stand... they are wearing baggy clothing, and by themselves.

Are they wearing flip-flops? This is important.

 

[PottedMeat]

Choice ( F ): Knock out burglar, add to human centipede in basement, reset traps.

...hey the dude's family ain't gonna tell the cops he didn't come back from a burglary.

 

[roguerower]

I'm in Texas fool! I'm pumping two rounds of 12ga into their chest quick as shit.

 

[alkemyst]

Too many variables for a simple answer...but cowering in the corner isn't an option.

QFT, as much as I'd rather not kill someone if it came down to any doubt I'd shoot first. As far as police, we have a panic button...they arrive in about 2-5 mins.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't have firearms here, but I have plenty of bladed/improvised weapons. I'd use one of those without asking questions first.

 

[ViviTheMage]

If they had nothing but a knife/bat, and I had a gun, pointed at them...i'd ask wtf, who are they. If I determined they had a gun .. shoot. I wouldn't waste the time to find out of they would shoot first or not.

 

[HAL9000]

I've gone with call the police, as my first port of call.

 

[KaOTiK]

You break into my house, consider yourself dead or severely wounded.

 

[Raduque]

Brandish my firearm, shout "GTO I have a gun". If they don't move, I pull the trigger. Then I search the house for anybody else that doesn't belong, and call the cops last.

 

[olds]

If I wake up and they are in the room:
Depends on how close they are to me.
If they are within reach, I punch them in the face or throat to stun them/create distance. Then I pull gun from nightstand. Tell wife to call cops while I hold them at gunpoint or pin them to the floor.

If they are across room, pull gun from nightstand. Tell wife to call cops while I hold them at gunpoint or pin them to the floor.

If they try to leave, I don't let them. I want to make sure they and their friends know that we are not an easy target. But I wouldn't shoot them unless I had to. IE: they had a weapon or I couldn't take them in a fight.

 

[Fayd]

they break in, you are sleeping, you turn on a light, they dont run they just stand... they are wearing baggy clothing, and by themselves.

"umm... get out?"

 

[olds]

On a side note: can someone link me to a thread that neckbeard hasn't derailed or ruined?
Sometimes I still wish I was a Mod. He'd be gone.

 

[BoomerD]

If at all possible, capture them alive.

I get a nice commission for helping stock Oldsmoboat's basement with fresh victims workers.

 

[nageov3t]

I don't have a gun or anything that I could improvise as a weapon near my bed.

if I was sleeping and heard the front door shatter (glass french door), I'd probably grab my cellphone, hide in my walk-in closet, and call the cops.

 

[zinfamous]

I first call neckbeard to ask for advice.

 

[zinfamous]

On a side note: can someone link me to a thread that neckbeard hasn't derailed or ruined?
Sometimes I still wish I was a Mod. He'd be gone.

with all due respect to MikeMike, this seems to be a thread specifically created to draw out neckbeard to derail it.

 

[hdfxst]

I don't believe in handguns for home defense so if you break into my house you get a choice,12 gauge slug with a few rounds of buckshot or 30-06 with 165gr hollow points.and i voted for the first option

 

[twinrider1]

Do this.
Clint Smith rocks.

 

[HAL9000]

this seems to be a thread specifically created to draw out neckbeard to derail it.

This.