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good thoughts - we have our own firing range on the property and any intruder will be crunching over empty brass on our gravel roadI would worry far more on being prepared with training, tactics, mental prep, what to say and do after the shooting than what will happen to my gun but that is just me. I've also been through the above mentioned Mas Ayoob courses at the instructor level and he is very convincing on why this is important...so you can be out of jail and not a felon so you can get your gun back. I will also choose my tool based on how it will improve my odds when it come to saving my live or that of a family member.
Someone let loose a with about six rounds about 3am last night right by my house. I grabbed a $600 gun but if my $1,500 gun was closer and I thought it was a better tool I'd have no heartburn grabbing it instead. Just my humble thoughts. To each their own.
Cheers,
I was trained in tactics and mental prep in Basic in 1968 - spent over 10 year in uniform
my daughter has a very fine degree in Criminal Justice and we've had all the lectures
we've killed 4 legged predator's every now and then and now loaded firearms siting by every door are a way of life
but the sheriff is not taking my rifle away for shooting a coyote or bobcat
I never thought we would have to deal with human predators this far out in rural Clark Co, but we've had the shooting near Battleground and a stabbing in the middle of the night not far from us - meth heads and fentanyl addicts now exist in rural areas
reality of life in remote rural areas has changed with the degradation of social structure in our Liberal run metropolitan communities in Oregon and Washington
20 years ago, I only kept a 10/22 by the door for coyotes or feral dogs, we never worried about human predators then
today I now have to keep a loaded Glock on my headboard, 6" from my head
yes, I have a loaded Mossberg Shockwave in the bedroom, but I can find the Glock in the total darkness of the night still groggy from sleep
and as experience in Portland and out near Battleground have shown, drug addicts and mentaly ill are no longer intimidated by firearms
if you feel your life is threatened, one must react, not just threaten the intruder - don't brandish your firearm unless you willing to us it - or you will be hurt