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So yea, oddly enough, a couple days after Chad's post about his glock, someone tried to break into my appartment while I was sleeping. They boldly tried to kick my door in lol. Anyway, long story short, I have two cats, and some swords, and thats it. I left all of my 'firearms' with my father, which would all be useless in home defense.

I went out a researched pistols and everything I liked did not come in my price range.. so I settled for something a little less nice.. but with plenty of .. how can I say... bang for the buck?

http://www.mossberg.com/products/default.asp?id=5

If you'll scroll through the pictures, I got a version of the Mossberg 500 Tactical Cruiser, except it comes with pistol grip + stock, a heat shield and side saddle for extra rounds. I ordered it on Saturday and it should be delivered on this thursday.

I'll feel a little better just knowing I have it in my appartment now.

 
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that is so scary that someone tried to kick your door in! i would be so scared to sleep after that, and good move on getting that gun, i definitley would feel better having one just in case...i mean you have to protect your self.

 
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All I have for defence is a metal baseball bat near my bed. I am allways afraid someone is going to come though my windows since they are close to street level and im in a **** neighborhood. Anyway if someone does I donno if I could keep myself from killing them with a bat lol. I donno if I would be scared shtless and not do anythng or be so pissed off I just keep hitting them.
This is if they don't have a gun to blow me away with lol.

 
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Well, one of the reasons I like the idea of a shotgun as opposed to a pistol is, there is one universal sound that means gtfo, and thats the chambering of a shell in a pump shotgun. I pray I never have to use it.

 
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yeah a bat is better than nothing.. i would hope that all it would take is one good blow to the head with it for them to go down, i always worry 'what if i dont hit them hard enough and than they kill me' but i do drive with my bat in the car just in case.. you never know, and im a girl so i cant kick some big guys a*s.

 
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yea i have a mossberg shotgun also pretty much for home defense in my apartment, at my last house i saw a bunch of guys trying to jump over my back wall in the middle of the night all it took was the sound of the pump on the shotgun and they just stopped and ran back to the car and took off. usually thats the good thing about a shotgun all u need is that sound and u might not even have to waste shells lol

 
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wtf... people that break into **** are so gay. What happened when they kicked the door, did they break it? I would have ****** thrown a spear at them or an arrow preferably.

All I have is a divers knife next to my bed. Thats all Ill need, my room is so small, they walk in the door and Im gonna "jinx from die another day" their ***.

 
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That is definitly a nice looking gun and you're absolutly right about the sound. I have a friend that use to be a cop and he was known to just **** the shotgun and the criminals would drop to the ground at that time.
Personally I like the Glock because it's very easy to use and move around the house, I can hide it from people that don't need to know I own it, plus I just enjoy taking handguns to the range as it's much harder to find a place to shoot skeet with a shotgun.
I'm thinking about getting a small decal that says "Protected By Glock" or something like that and putting it on the small window on my front door just so potential thieves will see it and know I'm armed before they ever try to break in.

 
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It didnt break anything, it just bent the housing around the doorframe that holds the deadbolt.

 
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Yeah for deadbolts!

 
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If someone wants to get in bad enough they will. But deadbolts are always a good idea. For those of you who have windows in your front doors, I would consider getting a deadbolt that is keyed on both sides. It takes a little more time to lock, but whats the point in a dead bolt if you can just break the window and turn the deadbolt. If its keyed on the inside then it does that person still can't get the door open. Just another small measure of home protection that is easily overlooked.

Just remember that just because someone is in your house, doesn't always mean you can open fire Dirty Harry style and waste them. As soon as they are confronted and make an attempt to leave they are no longer a threat and you have no grounds to shoot. (At least its that way in NY)

But yes- there is just something about the sound of a shotgun getting racked that puts a chill down most people's spine-

 
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you dont here unless your life is threated

remember if you do have a situation like that tell the cops you life is threated or you may go to jail.

 
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Very good advice.

I work with a girl who's husband is a Sherif. She said that he told her if she ever has to fire a gun and does kill someone to tell the police doing the report that she feared for her life. She told me that so if that were to ever happen that I can tell them that I feared for my life and for the safty of my wife.
Joe how good is the law at protecting the home owner when someone does break in?(Where you live at least). If you come to the scene and you honestly can't figture out if the intruder was really trying to harm the family or not is it normal to back the family since their house was broken into or does the criminal get the nod.

 
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thats a pertty shotty, looks like a fun gun to own

 
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for home protection, a shotgun is deff the ****.. the sound is just hair raising... theres no creep around and try to find where they are at witha shotgun, its just that sound and people know u mean business