How Do You Defend Your Home?

[Angrist]

In the fictional case of a zombie apocalypse, I presume?

[Professor S]

Right now we just lock our doors, but I'll be getting a gun soon (or in my case, retrieving my firearms from my parents house). All you need to see how vulnerable you are is to be woken up in the middle of the night to the sound of broken glass. Thank God it was just my storm door slamming in high winds. But until I discovered that fact, I had to operate on the assumption that someone was breaking in, and I've never lamented not having a gun on me until that moment. Walking down the stairs to face the unknown with nothing but a folded up hamper frame is not enjoyable.

Until that moment I would have laughed at people who reacted like I did, but something changes when you are married and own a home... it's all up to you. Your home, your family... it's all on you if someone breaks in and wants to do harm.

When it comes right down to it, the only person who can defend yourself and your family is you. Cops can't get there fast enough and the justice system punishes, it doesn't protect. That said, I know how to operate firearms and how to properly store and safeguard them. I grew up with guns in the house and was taught the utmost respect for them and their power. I wouldn't advise anyone to own a gun unless the are responsible enought to take the proper measures and educate themselves on their use and treatment.