Weapons at home? besides knives...

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What would you grab in case of home invasion / in case you needed to defend yourself?

Invaded by whom? 🤔🙄

My friend sleeps with a hammer just under her bed.
My DF also does this!

I don’t have anything in mind tbh. I’d just have to throw an assortment of clutter at them!

We have a gun cabinet in our wardrobe 😱

Hammers, heavy glass vases, bottles of wine (😢but needs must ) plates, pots and pans, pictures off the wall, books. (I could go on, i've thought about this).

A really heavy maglight torch because it needs to not look like a deliberate weapon, as advised by a useful police officer once

But if we are talking zombie apocalypse and time to run round the house I have axes, chainsaws, plenty of knives and other sharp pointy things

In reality though i am a stick my head under the covers, pretend to be asleep and hope they leave me alone sort of person

I also have a carved heavy wooden Club-shaped stick a knobkerrie which could do a lot of damage. And two short throwing spears.

Those last things are sort of souvenirs, brought back from when i lived in s.africa. So not weapons, honest.

I have an axe a 2ft machete in the bedroom and a small crowbar hung up by the front door

Probably my rolling pin as it's in the top drawer nearest the backdoor.😆

I actually have a sword in my bedroom but I honestly think it would do more damage in its scabbard than if I removed it

My plan in case of home invasion involves locking myself and kids in the bathroom and climbing out of the window onto the car port.

Baseball bat.

The dog? 😂

Square glass bottle.

Somebody once did try to break in when I was asleep. There was a group of 4 or 5 together; one trying to break in to my home and the others trying to get into some other houses on the street. They were all last seen running down the back street being "rounded up" by my Border Collies teeth. The sneaky bugger (the dog) had heard them, quietly woke me up, and we snuck down the stairs. They didn't knw they'd been heard until I opend the back door and the dog went flying out of it taking a chunk out of the one trying to get into the house. Shame.

I joke not - none of them actually got into a house, although they had actually managed to open a couple of doors - and two days later I came home to find a pile of dog food, treats and toys on the doorstep from the grateful neighbours. I have another BC now, but I am confident he'd be the only weapon I need.

DP has a baseball bat by the side of the bed so if he wasn't there I'd leap acros and grab that.

Huge, heavy torch.

Although being realistic, if I heard intruders I'd lock me and the kids in the loo and call the police.

And those mag lights are super heavy! That’s an epic idea!

I thought it was illegal to have wespons in your house... machete, batons etc????

It is illegal to keep anything for the purpose of using it as a weapon. You kill a burglar with that baseball bat under your bed or a machete, you'll go to prison.

Nothing in particular but do ensure we have good locks and solid doors, multiple escape points and good security

The problem with weapons is that they can be turned against you - it's better to try escape or stay out of sight and call for help.

We had a team of burglars try to break in a few years back in the very early morning whilst we were still asleep. Our neighbours saw them and alerted us and the police as well as shouting at them out of the window.

They fled mid break in and we're caught elsewhere in the village - turns out they had been doing a shopping spree hopping from garden to garden and attacking quiet looking houses.
Cause some damage but that was it, for us but lots of people had had stuff nicked even though they were in their houses and asleep.
We now have cameras which alert us to people in the garden or around the house when they shouldn't be.

My partners granny was a fan of keeping hairspray by the bed to spray into the eyes of a burglar. But then what? He's pissed and likely not to just run away.

I know self defence through many years of martial arts and also know how to street fight (brought up in a rough area) so weapons aren't even my first thought. My first reaction would likely to be getting them in a chokehold. Full body bear hug style, arm around their throat and legs pinning their arms if I can, restrain them while someone calls the police or until they blackout and I call them. But in reality, many people freeze in a dangerous situation. The best course is to have somewhere safe to bunker down in and call the police.

But I'm still going to go with the chokehold. I've practiced it many times with a few men and know I can hold it even when they try to retaliate. That's if they even get past the dogs and God help them if they hurt my dogs 🤣 if anyone comes into my house, they better know they're staying in here if I catch them.

Better to be a warrior in the garden than a gardener in a war, as the saying goes.

The cat.

He would be very unimpressed someone had walked into his home without any treats for him

My husband.

I have a hockey stick in my room.

Like another poster, 2 border collies who both live to chase and tackle. Failing that like another poster, my DP and as a last resort the gun cabinet although by the time I actually got the keys then got to it would be too late.