I got a free training video that tells what to do if somebody is trying to kick down your door. He states that the first thing is to try to escape. Maybe run to another room or out the back door. Then barricade between yourself and the intruder. Then arm yourself with anything handy or a weapon that you keep handy for defense. Then communicate - call 911 and if the intruder has figured out where you are warn them that you are armed. I quit watching after that because I didn't want to receive any more bad advice.
In the first place I don't intend to run into danger by running somewhere that I don't know is any longer safe. I might step around a corner or into a nook without a door where I can see both towards the front and back of the house. I have a pantry like that between the kitchen and the dining room where I can step in there and watch for somebody to come into my field of vision. If I only have enough time I might stay quietly where I am. I will be armed so that is taken care of. I guess I need my cell phone to call 911 and my tact light too just in case I need to blind somebody as a warning. But if it takes any longer than a second to find the light and phone I am not going to worry about them during a bad situation. I don't intend to be giving away my location by talking on a phone or calling out to somebody who is prowling around in my house.
Like I said I might blind them with my tact light if I think that I could do that safely but if there is a chance that they are armed they can be warned by looking down the barrel of my gun or at my laser sight pointed at them.
For some reason when I think of somebody breaking into a house any more I always think of more than one person could be involved and I don't think the instructor who made that video took that into consideration along with a lot of other factors. Maybe there is some reason why an instructor would tend to give all of the advantages to an intruder but I figure that I want them to have problems from the time they break in until they leave -however they leave.
In the first place I don't intend to run into danger by running somewhere that I don't know is any longer safe. I might step around a corner or into a nook without a door where I can see both towards the front and back of the house. I have a pantry like that between the kitchen and the dining room where I can step in there and watch for somebody to come into my field of vision. If I only have enough time I might stay quietly where I am. I will be armed so that is taken care of. I guess I need my cell phone to call 911 and my tact light too just in case I need to blind somebody as a warning. But if it takes any longer than a second to find the light and phone I am not going to worry about them during a bad situation. I don't intend to be giving away my location by talking on a phone or calling out to somebody who is prowling around in my house.
Like I said I might blind them with my tact light if I think that I could do that safely but if there is a chance that they are armed they can be warned by looking down the barrel of my gun or at my laser sight pointed at them.
For some reason when I think of somebody breaking into a house any more I always think of more than one person could be involved and I don't think the instructor who made that video took that into consideration along with a lot of other factors. Maybe there is some reason why an instructor would tend to give all of the advantages to an intruder but I figure that I want them to have problems from the time they break in until they leave -however they leave.