Best Improvised Home Self Defense?

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Anything is a weapon

As a Truck Driver I spend 90% of my time in my truck and 9% of my time wandering about truckstops and loading docks. When outside of my truck, IF for some reason I could not defend myself with my carry or my BUG (i.e. ill-annoy where it's illegal) I still have several items that may save my life some day.
1. Sheath knife on belt
2. Folding pocket knife clipped to pants pocket
3. Keys for slashing/fistpack
4. Bic lighter for fistpack
5. Belt
6. Cell phone
This is in addition to the 2 handguns I carry

Inside/Near the truck I have quite a few more options. If for whatever reason I couldn't get to my "truck gun" I still have several every day ordinary items that would do in a pinch, particulary where carry is illegal and my firearms must be "unloaded and securely encased". In addition to being useful dual purpose objects, everything on this list is legal everywhere i go.
1. The TRUCK, 80,000lbs of lethal force with enough horsepower/torque to plow thru damn near anything.
2. DOT required fire extinguisher
3. 6D Maglite
4. Tire Thumper (think mini-baseball bat full of lead)
5. Mini-Maglite
6. Tire gauge (makes nice baton, thin enough to jab with also)
7. "Happy Unhooker" brand 5th wheel hook (3ft metal stick with 2 hooks on one end and a handle on the other)
9. Box full of road flares with metal spikes on bottom
10. Box full of emergency triangles (heavy, when thrown could easliy knock someone over)
11. Dashboard full of random projectiles, CD's, soda bottles, books, Atlas, etc.
12. 6lb mini-sledge (every trucker needs a BIG ____ing Hammer)
13. 3ft lenght of chain (to tie up a busted axle :rolleyes: )
this list could go on and on
If (god forbid) I ever find myself in a situation like this, I would grab anything I can get my hands on. Even in places where I can't carry a "weapon", I am never without a defensive tool.

On a side note, anyone wanting a "Tire Thumper" can purchase one at your local truckstop. Works better in a tight space than does a baseball bat, and some even come with a metal cap on the business end. Here is a link to J&L batons selling one on www.selfdefenseproducts.com
http://www.selfdefenseproducts.com/police/batons/tt.htm
 
"Home Defense" -- This is a theoretical situation, contrived . . . actually.

First reply would be "Don't let me get down the hall to my gun room." And then I'd quote the local state trooper when I asked him about his choice of a Colt Gold Cup as a side arm, "The side arm is only to cover my ass until I get to the squad car."

We have serious ordnance available, if the perp gets to the house in the first place, which is not likely. If they're going to get all my weapons, they're going to need a good sized truck, and a way to get into the safe . . . in the gun room.

Then there's the "edged weapon" collection, and a Stilhl FS 250 weed whacker with a 9" diameter three tine steel blade.
 
My house was broken into last night around 10 oclock. I was home with my sister, she was hiding in my room with the police on the phone, I was at the top of the stairs. The keys to my gun locker were downstairs at the time :banghead:, and my locker is in my room. So I grabbed the nearest thing at hand, an aluminum baseball bat. The guy started to come upstairs, at this point i didnt know if he was armed or not, and I didnt want to risk a look and potentially get shot, we have a half-wall right by our staircase so I hid behind that, the police at this point were at least 5 minutes away, and with none of our upstairs bedrooms having locks, I didnt really have anywhere to retreat to. The guy came around the corner and he had a knife, at this point I jumped up and hit him in the collarbone with the bat, he dropped the knife and fell to his knees immediately. The police showed up and because he had a knife and was in my house they said I wouldnt face any charges.

I live down by the michigan-ohio border, and a lot of scum from the north end of toledo come up here to rob houses. It's not rare at all.

Given the choices, I would probably stick with a baseball bat and a safe place to hide.

I keep my gun locker locked at all times, but I keep my mossberg loaded with an empty chamber. I have it locked namely because I have an autistic little brother and I don't want him getting a hold of any of my guns.
 
...a lot of scum from the north end of toledo come up here to rob houses. It's not rare at all....I keep my gun locker locked at all times...I have an autistic little brother and I don't want him getting a hold of any of my guns.
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If I faced your scenario, I would keep a gun on my belt or in my pocket, while home. Your brother won't get it if it's on you.
 
This is true, but the problem is I'm 18 and cant legally own a handgun yet. All I have are my 3 long guns, and carrying one of them loaded or unloaded at all times when I'm at home isnt really practical or sane IMO haha. If I had a handgun, it would be at my side.
 
Collateral,

Since you can't keep a gun on you at all times, I hope you decide to at least keep the keys to the gun locker on you at all times from now on. This would also prevent your little brother from access to the keys as well, as he might be able to use them.

Chuck
 
Don't think anyone mentioned brake cleaner-

This stuff is cheap, will knock down yellowjackets at 15 feet and burns the eyes like pepper spray...if you happen to have a Bic handy, you can also assist the creep in performing an impromptu recreation of Richard Pryor's little freebasing experiment-or if you prefer, Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercial gone bad.

Best improvised fightstopper I've seen was in fact a shaker of black pepper-one guy called another out in a restaurant. The one who was called out snagged the pepper shaker from his table, unscrewed the top on the way out the door, and poured himself a handful. 3 steps out the door, he flung it in his opponent's face, watched carefully for a few seconds to be certain the guy was properly blinded and choked up, then returned inside,requested that management call the cops, and finished his dinner...
 
Thankye Lord for the bat...eh? Interesting article. Perhaps that is why, and I used to be ashambed about it, I never thought to consolidate all my weapons in one place. I am an empty nester...so I have a weapon on every floor of my house...and almost one in every room...including a revolver in my garage. I don't usually carry in my home...but I am only yards from a weapon. :)
 
hmmmm. homemade shanks that go through metal detectors....i dont wanna live in your city. sounds ruff.
 
talking to a prison guard I know, shanks are made alot of times out of filed down toothbrushes. supposedly a toothbrush is the most dangerous thing in prison
 
Okay, I read all of the posts...can't believe nobody has mentioned mothers-in-law. :scrutiny: :evil:
 
I have a large tool box on the side of my bed in the small space between it and the wall. "If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball." :D

Seriously (well, the other was partly serious): I have a 6D MagLite and some golf clubs pretty close to the bed. A fire extinguisher, lamps, wooden chairs and similar weapons of necessity elsewhere. I'd hate to do it, but even one of my guitars would make a decent club for a couple of swings.

There was a kid on my bus in elementary school that got worked over pretty good by a girl with an automatic umbrella. He looked almost like he had chicken pox with all those red dots on his face. I haven't seen one in years with a spring that strong, though.

If there's time to make a weapon: I've seen a garden hoe with the flat part broken off and the "hook" part sharpened with an angle grinder. Doesn't take long to make and you wouldn't have to sharpen it to use it as a good club.

There's some sort of new wrecking tool/pry bar made by Stanley, I believe, at Lowes that would tear someone up pretty quick.
 
improvised weapon

Set of aluminum crutches behind the bedroom door that I never put away after I got through with them. Cold steel Kukri, 10" adjustable wrench. Wifes high heels to the face. Steel folding trench shovel I keep under the bed.
 
"Oh, honey. Where did you leave your 8" inch sewing scissors? Never mind, I found them. They're here on the table by the side of the bed along with your 12" knitting needles."
 
A list of improvised weapos could be endless... thats why they are called improvised.
so many things can be used.
Ive never had to use a gun n a "SD" situation, but I have had to use force and other materials several times.
one memorable, and effective, was a car antenna, the old non telescoping kind. It snapped of, and made a helluva effective whip for the 2 blows required for me to make distance and run.
A nice leather belt works. I taught a SD class for woman, and we recomended Keys, purses and heels can all be used.

so many things.

Its also good to have basic ideas of how to defend youreself without weapons, ie martial arts.. you can apply weak points of the body addressed in ma, to a good application of various improvised weapons used for striking.

A good wide knife is something I like to always have on hand. two fingers wide, is my rule of thumb for a sufficient sticker. 5in long is ideal. but I also carry a CRKT m16-13z folder aswell

Ill use my pistol, but im also ready down to the fingers n toes..

ip.
 
The guy came around the corner and he had a knife, at this point I jumped up and hit him in the collarbone with the bat
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Guy in your house with a knife, why hit him on the collarbone? I doubt he was planning to help carve the turkey.....
 
An interesting unconventional weapon I've discovered is a Kodak one-time-use film camera.

After all the pictures are taken, one can remove the plastic camera from the paperboard outer shell. Fire the flash to discharge the capacitor, then unlatch the side of the camera, remove and develop your film, remove the various components (winding wheel, etc.), and one is left with a circuit board with a flash, a capacitor rated at 330 volts, and a AA battery.

Charge the capacitor, then hold the edges of the board and your foe with electrical contacts. His body will short out the contacts, and deliver a powerful, harmless, but painful shock.

Or, as we did in the army, charge it, toss it at your foe (in our case, a fellow solider), and yell "hey, catch!". One's instinct is to catch the object, and in doing so they zap themselves.

The former method is greatly useful at waking up sleeping Privates for guard duty when they do not wish to be roused from their slumber.

If one is questioned as to why one has a partially disassembled camera, one can always reply that they wanted to see what was inside the camera, and the criminal happened to break in at the instant they were disassembling it.
 
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