What should you do if there is an intruder in your home?

[Kwaka14]

I woke up early in the morning a couple of months ago to my dogs going off and looked out the kitchen window to see someone sitting on my bike, needless to say I yelled out and chased the @#$@ down the road while hitting him a couple of times with a piece of timber lying in my carport, I had just stopped chasing him when a car pulled up and picked him, I was lucky I think that I had stopped as there were a few passengers in the car who would have sorted me out I think if I'd still been there.... I was lucky about a few things, The dogs came with me, there was only one person out at the bike, and that I had stopped before the guy was picked up... Someone in my house I have no idea what I'd do.....

[Bend-it]

i HAVE fired a weapon at a human being .. i did not miss.. BUT i was highly trained and conditioned to do just that ..

Baby killer!!!

Or did you miss?

[SARGE]

Baby killer!!!

Or did you miss?

nope .....

[candor]

Set mean booby traps - giant mousetraps. Then let the pet leopard take care of all the evidence. Continue as usual.

But seriously. If you know gangs they can be more effective than the other.

But my true recommendation is keeping a weapon handy, then blow their kneecaps off, then offer the cup of tea (it helps shock if heavily sugared). I really think shoot to kill is a bit extreme. These crims can have productive lives in wheelchairs packing Xmas cards!

[Ixion]

Well, for my own part, I am of course a frail and peaceable old man.

Naturally if intruders broke into my home I would be completely terrified and in fear of my life.

I would attempt to run away of course, but being old I can't run very fast.

So I would probably have to end up defending myself , to the best of my obviously very limited ability, using whatever household implements or ornaments come to hand. Of course I would not have any weapons around, being a peaceable person.

Perhaps I might be able to seize a pitchfork, the one I was using earlier in the garden. Being an old man I like to keep my tools in good order, clean and properly sharpened , a good tradesman never has blunt tools. A pitchfork with good sharp tines is much better than a blunt one for garden work.

Or, perhaps I might attempt to ward off the intruders' murderous blows (being all the while in very real fear of my life) with one of the heirlooms my great uncle left me. Well, they are technically swords (real ones, for use in real battles) , but I always just think of them as ornaments, thats why they're in the house. Just the first thing that came to hand in my fearful panic stricken state.

Being a frail old man , I can only hope that I manage fend off their onslaught long enough to save my own life. I would of course be horribly upset, distraught even, to injure the intruder, which would never be my intention, but at such a time, my natural and justfed terror would make judgement difficult. And if it should happen that in warding off their attack I accidentally injured one of them, it would of course be totally unintended.

[Bend-it]

I vote sarge official site guardian! Next time any "undesirables" turn up, it's Sarge's job to deal to them with well-aimed Marine Corps shooting!

[SARGE]

I vote sarge official site guardian! Next time any "undesirables" turn up, it's Sarge's job to deal to them with well-aimed Marine Corps shooting!

man.. i need to go buy some more ammo...


its gonna get real quiet around here real quick

[FROSTY:Me]

Many years ago some silly bugger tried to steal a bike from queen street.
Unfortunately the bikes owners were sitting in a cafe 20 feet away.
It seems the bloke concerned tripped and banged his head on the kerb.
Clearly he must have been dazed. He tripped and fell over banging huis face and head several times after that.
The kindly bikers held him up after he was unable to get up and even flagged down a passing police car.
Yes folks thats a true story--well its the official statement made to the police anyways

[sAsLEX]

OK I would pick up my rifle which I just so happened to be cleaning at the time when I heard a disturbance and did not want to leave unattended.
Upon confronting the intruder I would warn them to leave or I will call the police.
If they desist, I would warn them again bringing the rifle into the shoulder (assuming they are armed).
If they still desist, I would fire a warning shot and warn them again.
If they still desist, I would retreat until my back was against the wall and then let them have it.
Once they go down I would restrain them (if nesc), apply immediate medical aid and dial 111.

My training has a slightly different interpretation to the warning shot.

If they ignore verbal warnings they get a warning shot through the centre of mass, and if they ignore this warning they get the rest of the magazine, followed by the next till they stop!

As Sarge said warning shots could do more damage than good, and could hit innocent bystanders etc A round in the CoM aint doing much damage out the other side

[Brett]

I keep my spearfishing gun in the room, and should somebody break in and threaten me, i would use it to frighten them, threaten them into subdueing, and if they deicded to attack, i would shoot t hem with it and use the rope to tie them up till the police show up.

In South Africa we had the situation arrise where our house was broken into while we were home. My dad who was just home from his time away fighting at a border war woke and heard the guy. Long story short, the guy confronted him, the automatic rifle (R1) had the firing parts removed so was no use, he tried to strangle him, and dad just beat the shit outta him, he was in intensive care for 2 weeks. Dad had to go to court, but was let off since the guy attacked him first.

I would like to think i would deal with it in the same way, smash them till they don't get up anymore, call the cops and the ambos and let them do their job.

[Finn]

Well, for my own part, I am of course a frail and peaceable old man.

Naturally if intruders broke into my home I would be completely terrified and in fear of my life.

I would attempt to run away of course, but being old I can't run very fast.

So I would probably have to end up defending myself , to the best of my obviously very limited ability, using whatever household implements or ornaments come to hand. Of course I would not have any weapons around, being a peaceable person.

Perhaps I might be able to seize a pitchfork, the one I was using earlier in the garden. Being an old man I like to keep my tools in good order, clean and properly sharpened , a good tradesman never has blunt tools. A pitchfork with good sharp tines is much better than a blunt one for garden work.

Or, perhaps I might attempt to ward off the intruders' murderous blows (being all the while in very real fear of my life) with one of the heirlooms my great uncle left me. Well, they are technically swords (real ones, for use in real battles) , but I always just think of them as ornaments, thats why they're in the house. Just the first thing that came to hand in my fearful panic stricken state.

Being a frail old man , I can only hope that I manage fend off their onslaught long enough to save my own life. I would of course be horribly upset, distraught even, to injure the intruder, which would never be my intention, but at such a time, my natural and justfed terror would make judgement difficult. And if it should happen that in warding off their attack I accidentally injured one of them, it would of course be totally unintended.

Couple of questions.

1) Do you have a DVD recorder?
2) Where do you live?

[Ixion]

1. No , no DVD. Being so old, and blind and deaf and that , it wuldn't be much use would it?
2. We've never met have we. You'll know the house, just look for body parts on the driveway.

[sAsLEX]

1. No , no DVD. Being so old, and blind and deaf and that , it wuldn't be much use would it?
2. We've never met have we. You'll know the house, just look for body parts on the driveway.

Just follow the cloud of castrol r south, smell will guide you to either Ixion or Motu .......

[RT527]

how about threaten the bastard?

Shit cant do that,
Do you actually Know how much money that we`d have to spend on him to get counselling because you scared him ?, Oh and the nice big ACC pay out for offending or nearly giving him a heart attack?, then theres the court appearance......Not his yours for attempted murder By means Of frightning behavior.......the list goes on...

[spudchucka]

A few good answers and a few stupid ones too.

It really depends on what the intruders are after. If its property then they can have it - thats what I pay insurance for. Its not worth risking myself or family for something that can be easily replaced.

However if they are there to cause me or my family harm then its a different story. In such a situation you have to make sure you act within the law otherwise you could end up being locked away or at best face a lengthy and expensive legal battle. There are ways to acheive the desired effect without stepping over the line.

OK I would pick up my rifle which I just so happened to be cleaning at the time when I heard a disturbance and did not want to leave unattended.
Upon confronting the intruder I would warn them to leave or I will call the police.
If they desist, I would warn them again bringing the rifle into the shoulder (assuming they are armed).
If they still desist, I would fire a warning shot and warn them again.
If they still desist, I would retreat until my back was against the wall and then let them have it.
Once they go down I would restrain them (if nesc), apply immediate medical aid and dial 111.

You can't shoot them in the back or while running away, you'll get locked up for that. Also you can chase them off your property but you can't go running down the street after them with an axe - you'll get locked away for that too.

de·sist (d-sst, -zst) Pronunciation Key Audio pronunciation of "desist" [P]
intr.v. de·sist·ed, de·sist·ing, de·sists

To cease doing something; forbear. See Synonyms at stop.

You might want to re-phrase, especially if you ever impliment your plan and you end up getting questioned by the cops.

"I warned him to stop but he kept on desisting so I shot him"