Bad Day Vest w/ my glock 26 w/ Cor-Bon +P JHP + 12 ga mossberg 500a w/ 2x 3" #2 and 3x 2.5" 00

Oregon has a "Make My Day" statue on the books, so I don't bother w/ the rubber bullets. #2 doesn't penetrate walls, and only leaves one story for the judge.

I'd have to say my Model 629 or my Remington model 870.

Poor choice.

Dogs are easily distracted and their motivations are predictable. You have no idea how a half-clever crook can neutralize your dog. A little fresh blood, some fast acting poison or a club or knife, and poochie is Filipino food.

Remember, they only have an IQ of 35.

A friend of mine lived for a while in Tehachapi, CA. It's a desert town known mainly for a supermax prison--Charles Manson, for instance, has been cooling his heels there quite a while. Now my friend's land backed right onto the prison grounds, so one day not long after she moved in an employee of the prison came around and told her that if she saw anyone in her backyard she didn't recognize to shoot immediately and then call the cops. She said she would do that, assuming the wolf pack didn't get to them first...

I'm telling you guys, dogs are not reliable. Talk to any big city cop who investigates in suburbia. There are literally thousands of suburbanites who relied on dogs as an alarm system and the "system" failed. Hell, it happened to my brother-in-law. They were asleep in their home, with their "trusty" German Shephard, only to find themselves being held at gunpoint, tied up, and robbed. The shepherd? He was treated for a cracked skull and was never the same again. The cops told them that this happens frequently and they never should have relied on an animal that wasn't as smart as the crooks.

And Larry - this actually happened in Roswell.

You want an alarm system, get a real one.

I have a .45 ACP loaded with 230gr JHP Fiochi Devastators. Similar to the fragmentation round, the lead expands and leaves an exit wound the size of a softball while the jacket disperses causing shrapnell to bounce around inside the body, shredding the internal organs to shit. I also have a 410 loaded with steel shot. I was taught simply this. Kill the cocksucker, because if they were desperate enough to break into your house then they might be desperate to do anything, including kill you. The option comes down to my life or theirs and I choose mine. I kill them because I don't want them to have the chance to kill me or the ones I love, I kill them so that they will never have the chance to terrorize another person, and I kill them because they can't take me to court and testify if they are dead, as well. even if it doesn't work in my favor, I'll get out of jail eventually and well, they will be dead forever. When time allows it is always right to call the police, but sometimes that time isn't there and you have to do what you have to do to insure the survival of yourself, your loved ones, and other potential future victims.
I know I sound like a callous asshole but life is hard and I work damn hard for all of the very little I have and I'll be damned if I'm going to let some worthless piece of shit take it away from me without a fight and a hefty fucking price tag!!!

I see a lot of GREAT choices for bedside guns here... I don't currently own a shottie, but that would be my choice with probably #4 shot to save (some) of the excessive damage on my renter's deposit.

One comment I have about 'Bedside Guns'.... Be sure your bedside gun is also a holster gun, or a car gun, or a secret-cubbyhole gun. I would imagine there is not a more ominous feeling than coming home from work, suspecting you're not alone, and going for your bedside gun only to find an empty nightstand drawer.... and then hearing a noise in one of the other rooms.

Needless to say, I'm not a fan of snubbies left in the drawer or shotties lying on the carpet under the bed.