Thinking of buying a bat, have golf clubs right now but they're too easy to break.
Are there any other weapons or defences we can use to protect us from home invasions?
What Do You Use for Self-Defence in Your Own House?
pingualien on 16/06/2018 - 00:26
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most people breaking in just want you stuff
Sure, and most times you drink and drive you'll still get home without killing anyone.
As said, if you wake up barricade yourself in your bedroom and ring the cops.
That's not an option for everyone, e.g. people who have kids or others staying in a different room.
I mean, jeez, you seem to have more sympathy for the bloody criminals than for honest people just trying to protect their homes.
@poohduck: Yeah. And I agree with the rest of your comment by the way - I wouldn't recommend a knife or a gun either, because I'm not looking to hurt them or kill them. Just get them out of the house and make sure they don't hurt anyone.
@HighAndDry: I have no sympathy for the criminals, I just think people who rush to confront an intruder are stupid. If you have kids then go to their rooms and barricade them in with you - do not try to provoke a situation when you don't need to. Make a noise and give them a clear way to escape whilst calling the cops.
A industrial steam press.
This guy lives inside.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QxJjVzouk6qyxwEi6
If some stranger got inside they wouldnt last long.
Chopper! Sick balls.
MY WIFE
Any furnitures bought from IKEA, have you seen those Jackie Chan movies?
Dammit, beat me to a Jackie Chan reference.
The ancient art of Karate, a Japanese martial art if you're not aware.
my left hook and right cross will do.
Why would you want to engage someone into a physical confrontation?
Unless you have some enemies who want to hurt you, Theives just want to steal your shit when you're not home and dissappear.
Maybe stop watching horror movies.
You don't. You want to deter them from attacking and/or harming you. Relying on a criminal who's already broken into your home to exercise common sense and consideration for your physical well-being seems pretty stupid. But that might just be me.
It is just you, they will not have any consideration for your well-being but they have a lot for theirs. It is all about risk and award. Why do they need to risk a confrontation with the person inside (that might be armed, that may have display katana's on the wall)? Just make a lot of noise and the intruder will leave. No confrontation needed.
they will not have any consideration for your well-being but they have a lot for theirs. It is all about risk and award. Why do they need to risk a confrontation with the person inside
But that's exactly what this thread is about. You don't think that being prepared with a weapon or other defensive object changes this calculation for them further towards: "yeah, let's get out of here"?
Buy yourself a Bow and arrow and a bat. If there is an intruder trying to go thru the door, have one person on the side with a bat in a ready to smash the head in position and then someone else have a bow aimed directly at the door ready to shoot once the door opens.. SHOOT the arrow immediately and let the other person holding the bat know its safe to pounce if the arrow directly goes thru their head..
Oh, shit, sorry mum!
Samurai Sword
2 foot of hd1210 hydraulic hose
is pepper/capsicum spray legal to possess?
No, very illegal in most states. You'll get in more trouble than the home invader under our current laws.
Replace with hair spray or Mortein?
I think equally as lethal to the eyes.What you want is deep heat in a can.
Ak47, from Kmart.
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That would work if the other guy was also in a VR realm…..
I have 2 iron bars ( about 60cm long ).
What i know is you can self defense when some (profanity) get in your home.The best self defence against home invasions is YOUR POWER TO VOTE.
Vote for a party that will do something about it (hint - not Liberals, Labour or The Greens).
In the meantime, wait at home defenceless (as our current laws require us to be) and enjoy the enrichment diversity brings. Think of the amazing food choices we have.
LMAO
Q: I have termites in my house, what should I do?
A1: Bikes !!!!
A2: Stop voting the political parties you sheep !Q: I have a strange mole on my back, what should I do?
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A2: The political parties are cheating you !
Flyspray.
Choose one that has a moulded head so you know which way it is facing by feel.
Leave it within easy reach of the normal places you stay in your house.
It has its own purposes to kill insects whilst also being able to blind someone.Less effective than pepper/capsicum spray but with none of the legal issues.
Spear fishing gun!!! https://spearfishing.com.au/collections/spearguns/products/b…
- no license required
- medium/short range
- affordable
- silent and deadly
- no escape when used with line
- easy storage
Maglight with 3 D-cell's in it. Although mainly just to blind because it's bloody bright.
That said, no one will come close to breaking in, my dog barks at the slightest sound and while he's a wuss (don't tell baddies), he packs a mean bark.
I'd just show em my missus
My trusty Galaxy Note 7
A pair of Kill Bill replica samurai swords.
Majority of burglaries occur whilst no one is home. If you make your home appear occupied, you greatly reduce the risks of surprise guests.
If you drive a luxury car (mostly audi, BMW, mercedes at the moment), be mindful of your last few KM's home. If you think someone is tailing you, they may be scoping out your home to do a burglary to take the keys.
The other people who have aggravated burglaries occur too, are those involved with drugs. So if you wish to lower your chances of an aggravated burglary, drop the drug dealing.
Keep your house secure as possible and call 000.
In relation to burglaries in general: If someone wants to get into your house, you cant really stop them, just slow them down.I would consider my house secure. My wife locked herself out by mistake once. I 'broke' into our house in under 2 minutes without causing damage or being seen.
I would consider my house secure. My wife locked herself out by mistake once. I 'broke' into our house in under 2 minutes without causing damage or being seen.
That's not very secure at all :p
By that logic, if you camp out in the backyard and never stay in the house, you're also at lesser risk…
I'd suggest you to start watching Home Alone 1-5 for ideas.
My left and right leg are registered lethal weapons.
Jumping spin kick aeeeeeeeee
- Louisville Slugger in the cupboard.
- Really loud scream
- Mastiff
Pens can hurt a fair bit. Especially if you aim for the eyes.
The pen(cil) is mightier than the sword :)
Clutter. If that thief manages to get out without breaking a leg and suing for negligence, I'm winning.
A baseball bat with a footy sock over it, if the intruder tries to grab the bat off you, you at least get another swing.
Good thinking.
I’ve run out of upvotes.
I’ve got a long stabby thing.
Own a German dog, I can guarantee you that the invader run away immediately. I have 2 and never see any strangers around my house.
German dog?
So a Dachshund or Schnauzer??? ;-)
Captive Bolt Pistol
Chainsaw will be a good idea, totally legal and a "heavy weapon"
Battery powered… Light weight and starts immediately
Sign up for that class and you'll even have a legit reason to have a 10ft spear in your bedroom.
I'll probably save that money and hand that to them when the time comes. More often than not, they are after quick money and not your life.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/6063862/redir
Wow man. I can't believe you said you'd rather die for being naive..Fail IMO. I get where you are coming from but I feel you missed a few steps at the end there..
what about Baygon, or any other bug spray? a spray to their face would make them temporarily blinded?
If I get into fighting, man, I'm serious. Someone crosses me, straight off I nut them in the face and bring my heel down on that foot and break the bone.
I'm a fighter and a winner. I'm a bad man.
straight off I nut them in the face
I do not think it means what you think it means. I guess it'd also be effective in its own way…?
nut
verb: nut; 3rd person present: nuts; past tense: nutted; past participle: nutted; gerund or present participle: nutting1. British (informal) butt (someone) with one's head. "I thought Rover was going to nut me in the face and he did and it really hurt (i.e hurt me not Rover, as he is rock hard and a bad man)"But if I was a tanuki (http://cdn.artmight.com/albums/2010-09-11/Part-2-Japanese-Ar…), I would definitely "nut" in the sense I think you are referring to.
… risky click of the day…
But huh, learn something new everyday. Didn't know it had that meaning too.
… cough, I mean… You get your colonialist british slang outta here!
A cut-off of steel-wire armoured cable but I would prefer a Glock 17
Fart bombs.
Terminator: The 12-gauge auto-loader.
Pawn Clerk: That's Italian. You can go pump or auto.
Terminator: The .45 long slide, with laser sighting.
Pawn Clerk: These are brand new; we just got them in. That's a good gun. Just touch the trigger, the beam comes on and you put the red dot where you want the bullet to go. You can't miss. Anything else?
Terminator: Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.
Pawn Clerk: Hey, just what you see pal!
Terminator: [looks around] The Uzi nine millimeter.
Pawn Clerk: You know your weapons, buddy. Any one of these is ideal for home defense. So uh, which will it be?have two extendable batons :) someone broke into my place last month but didn't take much as he was spooked by someone in the house waking up.
Hopefully will never need to use themI am against guns so I prefer a trained dog
I am prepared to use harsh language.
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A powerful charged camera flash will blind any intruders and let you get the jump.
And it wont be turned on you.Nunchakus. I figured if I do some impressive moves and knock myself out (again), the intruder will flee thinking he could be up for assault.
I'm genuinely surprised no one has mentioned about their touch considering how popular these are on Ozbargain (and eneloop batteries).
In the US, loads of people carry their "flashlights" for self-defense as pretty much any modern LED light is bright enough to momentarily blind someone or create enough discomfort they look away. Using that few valuable seconds, you can disarm the home invader or whatever you want.
most lights (not those cheap couple of dollar ones) are also made out of really durable material so can be used for wacking someone.
do a quick YouTube search on nitecore light self-defense for reference
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pencilanti-aircraft missile will suffice. I killedthree men in a barmy uncle with apencilmissile once.Hadoken, sometimes a shoryuken.
Have a look into 'step up high voltage generators' that fit into the palm of your hand on eBay for around $5, and what you can do with them with a basic understanding of electronics.
As others have pointed out, things can be used against you - so if you build something it's not hard to make it so the other guy has NFI how to use it, or self fires on the user if used incorrectly.
All hypothetical of course!!
I have my kids collection of nerf guns. But recently upgraded to a gel ball gun which has laser scoping.
Johnny Knoxville just said in an interview he would much rather get tasered or hit than pepper sprayed as it apparently hurts like hell and makes you useless for a good 15 minutes and you can spray it from a few metres away.
I would say pepper spray.Hello fellow Hot Ones viewer!
Never use pepper spray indoors unless you want to end up as incapacitated as the other guy, also pepper spray is illegal here :(
(That is really, really illegal).
Quite disappointed in alot of responses here.
I have been unfortunate enough to have someone break into my home while I was asleep. It isn't a pleasant experience to awake to and I haven't slept the same since.Why do you people berate someone who is only concerned with their own safety?
I think it's more the effect of us living in a great country like Australia, where the vast majority enjoy safe conditions that mean we don't have to think about active home defense against intruders.
Try saying that when you live in the North, West or far eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Home invasion capitol of Australia!
https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/violent-home…There are 1.6 million occupied households in Melbourne. The map shows 12 home invasions during January and February. The chances of your home being invaded during that period was 1 in 133,333. Some areas are of course higher crime than others, and it's a terrifying and abhorrent experience for the victims, but it's important to keep things in some perspective.
You do realise that there were more than 12 break-ins in Melbourne during that time, and that they only put 12 on the map because those were the ones talked about in the article?
The actual number of home invasions is around ~25 thousand that happen in Victoria every year.
https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/crime-statistics/late…Surely you must have realised that 12 break-ins seemed incredibly low for an entire city? Strange that you didn't realise that when calculating that swing-and-a-miss statistic of yours. Considering 25k break-ins per year is around 68+ per day - there's 12 home invasions in Victoria every few hours (not 12 per year!), the far majority occurring in Melbourne.
Moose.
Everything important and relevant to the debate has already been covered, so I'll simply throw in:
Dogs.
Generally speaking, even career criminal burglars/armed robbers that are highly determined will avoid properties with visible, large-breed dogs simply due to the risk of exposure/attention, never mind a trained guard dog satiating their curious instincts with their incisors. It's just impossible to predict a dog's behaviour, even if they're placid and not a deterrent-type breed.
There was a case in my area a few years ago where a group of repeat-offenders were burglarizing numerous properties in a particular suburb. As part of the evidence presented against them was a print-out of a Google maps screenshot of the said suburb with targeted houses coloured blue, and houses with dogs on the premises coloured red. The houses in red were never burgled.
Unless they’re breaking in to steal your dogs!
Well just in my current field of view there’s chairs, a small table, a metal fan, a heater, a subwoofer…
If someone broke into my house and I encountered them I’d hospitalise them with the closest available heavy object. If your a welcome guest I’ll treat you better than the queen but if you break in you either have the choice of running or recovering in hospital… This is how I feel, I don’t care what the relevant laws are…
Self-generated thunderbolt.
I'm sorry, Detective Pickachu doesn't use any attack moves, rather he will deduce the battle grounds to win.
most people breaking in just want you stuff, they aren't interested in a confrontation with the owner. The headlines sell papers but a just sensationalist compared to the average burglary. They come in take your crap and leave. When you confront them you escalate the situation. As said, if you wake up barricade yourself in your bedroom and ring the cops. Much better than charging out into a situation where you have no idea who you are dealing with; that is when you put your safety in the hands of an intruder.