Question--if you open the door to your house and it sounds like maybe someone's in there, or something's up, what's the time/distance to your first effective weapon, and what weapon in it.

Turning around and going the other direction, quickly. Calling for backup. Wimps R Us.

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if you open the door to your house and it sounds like maybe someone's in there, or something's up, what's the time/distance to your first effective weapon, and what weapon in it.

I have a fire extinguisher right next to the door. I could spray someone in the face or hit them with the can. Everything else is on the other side of the apartment.

Turning around and going the other direction, quickly. Calling for backup. Wimps R Us.

What Laura said.

Turning around and going the other direction, quickly. Calling for backup. Wimps R Us.

True, true. The car is a great weapon.

Also, if I'm coming in from the garage, I have all kinds of implements I could grab. Again, no classic weapons beyond kitchen knives.

Cell phone can also be considered a good weapon, in which case, it's always in my pocket.

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ita, I generally wouldn't answer the door to someone sketchy looking/who I wasn't expecting. I mean, is this person posing as a UPS guy? Because generally if I open the door and they straight up attack me, chances of me getting to a sharp kitchen knife (closest thing I could reach from the door, there's not even anything heavy I could throw at them that's closer) are pretty minimal.

I am reminded of one of the other reasons I don't book evening flights TO somewhere for work--first I have to work a whole day! I mean, technically I don't, just enough hours to cover, but it's sorta hard to just stop at 1pm and be like "well, but I'll be on a plane from 6-9" or something. Also, I realized it'll be rush hour when I'm trying to get to the airport, so I'll have to leave extra time. Grump.

I generally wouldn't answer the door to someone sketchy looking/who I wasn't expecting. I mean, is this person posing as a UPS guy? Because generally if I open the door and they straight up attack me

I thought the logistics were that your POV is coming home, coming IN to your place from outside, and someone is already in there. Did I read that wrong? I am so spatially challenged, I swear.

Oh, no, you're right Teppy, I'm the one who misread!

In that case, yeah, kitchen knife, but honestly if it sounds like someone's in there I'd probably poke my head in and yell and hope they'd scamper away while I called 911 and backed out of the house--I'm not going to go in and confront them in my bedroom or something! I do not have mad krav skills.

what's the time/distance to your first effective weapon, and what weapon in it.

A couple of knives on the sideboard by the front door. A heavy steel shafted cane leaning against the bookcase two steps in. At least two swords in the closet by the front door. More swords further into the living room. There's a bearded axe and some daggers in the bedroom, but I'd have to get down the hall.

If I were at my desk in back, there's the hilt of a sheathed dagger acting as a place to hang cables three inches off my right shoulder.