Hey folks, so let’s say you’re new to firearms and you walk into a firearm store to purchase a new weapon, or your first for home defense.
The clerk sitting behind the table of glass says,
“Hello sir/ma’am,how can I help you?”
You respond, “I need a gun for home defense.”
He/she then will more than likely say,
“Oh well I have here a remington 870...” or “I have a mossberg 500... the perfect choice for home defense!”
Let’s pump the brakes for a second. Now you won’t be a sucker for buying this and you know it is not a bad choice because a gun is better than no gun, but based on my training and experience it certainly is not the best choice.
If you don’t own a gun, or if you do own firearms but think you’re set, maybe you should have a go at the following:
- Go get a broom, or long lead pipe, or even a plank of wood that is similar to the length of a rifle
- (Look for something about the length of 30”).
- Now take your object of length (easier there tiger) and go to your son’s, daughter’s, guest’s rooms, and at least one bathroom and close all of their doors.
- Go to your bedroom, close your bedroom door, set the object in the closet and close the door. Go sit on your bed.
- Get up, retrieve your object and hold it up like a rifle.
- If you don’t have any training that’s fine just emulate for now.
- Now leave your room and go back and open up every door to every room that you closed and walk into those rooms, and then leave the rooms (don’t forget the bathroom) and make your way back to your bedroom. During all of this never let go of the object.
Now imagine that you had to carry your child while doing this, had a phone in the other hand, or had to drag an adult into another room.. Also imagine that the broom you were holding weighed 8-12lbs or 7-9lbs (doesn’t sound like much but when the weight is all on your hand and wrist and is not evenly distributed, time is against you).
