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Originally Posted by Snave
I'm more of a baseball bat guy. I keep one under my bed. It is a little-league bat and is 29" and a little easier to swing if need be. Never had to use it, but did have to have it out one time. When I lived in an apartment building downtown, a pissed-offed boyfriend was pounding on his girlfriends door in the middle of the night and screaming for her to let him in. I opened my door and he asked who the hell I was. I opened it a little more so he could see the bat and told him I was the guy with the baseball bat.
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HAHA That's great. I'm probably closer to that as well. I will say that I'm trained, competant, and confident with handguns, rifles, and shotguns. However, I just don't really want to own one (at least not right now). In a situation where someone is in my home, I'd be more comfortable defending myself and others with my own two hands rather than a firearm that could more easily cause collateral damage/injury.
So here's a chance to accuse me of being a bit medieval.... I don't have a baseball bat (...yet...), but I do have multiple
other weapons. Spread throughout my apartment, I have two 1ft long daggers, a 3ft short sword, and two 4ft training swords (this count is building, I collect swords/blade weapons). They don't have the mass/force of a baseball bat or the range of a firearm, but I'm competant in their use for defending myself and making veritable threats if necessary. In a close-quarters scenario, I trust those more than a gun in almost any case. And I think that's what's most important--that you are comfortable and competant in defending yourself and others, by whatever means you may prefer.