Your husband is a very smart man. Your alarm system can be disabled by simply cutting your phone line. Your dogs can be taken out of the picture with poisoned food. But nothing sends a chill up the spine of a perp like hearing a pump shotgun racked and hearing someone say, "Move an inch and you're dead."

The wife and I have a 2 prong approach to a home invasion. If at night, first we call 911, she stays in the bedroom on th phone with 911 operator along with a 12 guage pump shotgun. I go out into the hallway with a Sig P220R with a laser and an extra mag. I make my way towards the kids bedrooms. I take a position that will allow me to protect their bedrooms. We have a light switch that is close by that turns on the lights in the dining room (central room to the house), that goes on. At this time, it's party time. The perp gets no second chances. He (they) either leave, surrender or dies.

If during the day, we have a secret word we use when if we feel we are being violated. If either of us hear this word, it's no joking around. We know it's not a joke and we go to a defcon 1 conditioin. As an example, if I'm watching TV and she's in the kitchen or other part of the house and she sees a perp somewhere outside. She yells our secret word. The kids know where to go, the wife heads to a predetermined location with a cell phone. I head to one of my firearms and we are prepared for anything that could happen.

I know this sounds crazy and paranoid, but IF something were to happen, we would be prepared. I'm also the kind of guy that hold fire drills in my home. Any time of the day or night, the family could be awakened to with a smoke alarm alerting the family to a fire.

I know, I know. It sounds weird and for most people it probably is. But I'm a real alpha person and I want to know that my family is prepared for almost any condition that could cause them bodily harm.

My kids are into preparation as I am, my 2 oldest son's have completed a course on Krav Maga. That's an Israeli close combat martial art. They did it on their own. Daddy was never so proud.

I'll stop now. I wish everyone would prepare themselves and their families for unconventional situations. As stated in this thread, crime is everywhere. I want my family to be survivors instead of victims.



Jim Smith