I don't think an AR is the answer....

[Tamara]

Right next to my home I park my work related vehicles and two storage trailers with thousands of dollars worth of Stihl chainsaws stored inside so I may be venturing outside my home with one of my light equipped long guns if I hear someone breaking into my trailers or vehicles.

Do you know how many chainsaws you could buy for the price of one acquittal?

[HCM]

Regarding cruiser ready - what Beattrash said. ^^^

I also noted this in Digiroc's post:

Sending my dog out is sadly no longer an option. The wife's dog is good for hearing things outside that I may not, but hardly effective in scaring someone away.

You don't send your dog anyplace you are not planning / willing to follow. Unless you're an asshole and you're sending your dog on a suicide mission.

[Digiroc]

... I read "hive mind" as "general consensus". Perhaps he thinks we collectively (who seemingly can't agree on anything) are all full of shit.

Quite so, no slur intended. Everyone has a right to their own opinion and when a consensus is formed from those opinions it's probably valid. I'm not defending my opinions as the only true way, I'm only expressing my way of thinking.

Digiroc

[Digiroc]

... You don't send your dog anyplace you are not planning / willing to follow. Unless you're an asshole and you're sending your dog on a suicide mission.

Dillinger (I called him "Buckethead") was a gentle giant (130lbs) with the look of a junkyard dog. "Sending him out" meant to greet a visitor, not to attack them. After smelling you he would lean against you to get petted.

Digiroc

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Insurance is your friend as is staying inside. My favorite going outside for property story in San Antonio was a guy whose car wad being broken into. He ran outside with his hunting bow (probably watching Green Arrow show) and was shot dead.

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OK so I watched the video at 1:33 he said "You would be surprised how little it takes for one of these to go off" .. OK I'll bite. How "Little" does it take? He was referring to no firing pin/hammer block

This is a video about how to keep a shotgun in a home defense situation:



Considering a fully loaded (and round chambered) shotgun to be unsafe I keep my shotgun in "Crusier Ready" condition just as suggested in the video. I do depress the slide release and bring the bolt down about an inch to make racking a round into the chamber a fumble free experience.

I'm willing to make the racking sound a non verbal warning and possible deterrent to less than dedicated home invaders. Chasing someone away being preferable to actually shooting them.

Of course YMMV and what works for me is different than what the hive mind here recommends. I have other options as well, three laser equipped handguns in 9mm, .45, and .357 and laser and light equipped long guns in 6.72 x 39, (a Ruger mini30) as well as a Sig MCX in 300blk. Once I have a suppresser for the Sig I expect it to take over for the shotgun for my perceived home defense needs.

Right next to my home I park my work related vehicles and two storage trailers with thousands of dollars worth of Stihl chainsaws stored inside so I may be venturing outside my home with one of my light equipped long guns if I hear someone breaking into my trailers or vehicles.

Sending my dog out is sadly no longer an option. The wife's dog is good for hearing things outside that I may not, but hardly effective in scaring someone away.

Digiroc

[John Hearne]

OK so I watched the video at 1:33 he said "You would be surprised how little it takes for one of these to go off" .. OK I'll bite. How "Little" does it take? He was referring to no firing pin/hammer block

Remington uses a different (more stout) sear spring in their police guns than in their conventional 870's.

FWIW, we carry our 870's hammer back and safety on. This requires that you hit the action bar release prior to cycling the action. This was done after a number of folks failed to check the chamber before releasing the hammer for a more conventional cruiser ready.

[HCM]

Dillinger (I called him "Buckethead") was a gentle giant (130lbs) with the look of a junkyard dog. "Sending him out" meant to greet a visitor, not to attack them. After smelling you he would lean against you to get petted.

Digiroc

I good dog is perhaps the best home defense. When Dillinger was alive I gave little thought to having my shotgun handy:

So which is it? Is he a replacement for a shotgun or a gentle giant? Either way, I wouldn't send him out alone.

[JDM]

So which is it? Is he a replacement for a shotgun or a gentle giant? Either way, I wouldn't send him out alone.

It's a Mexican carried 3" 1911.

Boom. Headshot.

[HCM]

OK so I watched the video at 1:33 he said "You would be surprised how little it takes for one of these to go off" .. OK I'll bite. How "Little" does it take? He was referring to no firing pin/hammer block

I saw the aftermath of a load of buckshot going through the roof and light bar of a USBP Bronco years ago after an 870 was left in the rack with a round chambered. The claim was it went off by itself during rough off-roading. I have no idea if was an actual slam fire or if something actually got into the trigger guard.

I have seen a slam fire in an M-4 demo'ed at an armorers course. The instructor chambered a primed case and was able to get it to fire via a hard impact to the butt stock.