Buck F
NES Member
23 Home Invasion Statistics You Should Be Afraid Of
Home invasions aren't always violent. 11% of burglars even remove a door or window while the occupants are home. The average loss is around $2,799 per home invasion.www.creditdonkey.com
"What rooms do offenders usually hit first? A majority of offenders head straight to the master bedroom. Many homeowners leave their most valuable items in this room. The typical items include cash, jewelry, and weapons. In the master bedroom, they often head to the nightstand and closet first." (source)
"What time of day does the most crime occur? The most common time for crime by an adult to occur is at 10 PM. The most active time for adult criminals is between 8 PM and 12 PM. Juvenile criminals, on the other hand, are the most active between 3 and 4 PM." (source)
I can only speak for myself but my bedroom is 12' x 13.5'. I get up at 5:30 AM and in bed by 9:00 PM every night. I'm 64, started hunting and handling firearms at age 5 (1962) with my father, still have the Ithaca 37 he gave me. Hunted all my life and was a licensed NYS Hunting Guide for a decade and constantly shot skeet and target practiced. If someone manages to get inside my bedroom and can evade 7 rounds of "slam-fire", that individual would be the luckiest person on the planet. If there is more than one, I have a fully loaded Browning BPS Stalker 10 gauge "backup" loaded with 00 Buckshot for round two. If they can still proceed into my room after that then it's time for the Glock 23 and 4 full mags ready to go with one in the chamber. If that fails to stop the horde then I grab my Sig P230 and go down in a hail of bullets but hopefully I can take a final swing with my tanto bladed Bladetech Mike Vellekamp assault knife before succumbing! ; )
However, if I ever heard anyone inside my house I would not go outside my bedroom to play hero; I would just call the police and hope I don't have to pull the trigger and have the police to apprehend the criminal.
While I fully agree with your assessment for the downrange scenario, it just would apply in my case and statistically it would be uncommon.
You can get more shots off more quickly and more likely on target w/ an AR15/SBR/Bullpup than you ever will w/ a pump doing slam-fire, even in a 12' x 13.5'bedroom. They're just as easy to store and maneuver as a pump and easier to operate. In the time it takes you take get to all those backups (you won't) you'd still be on the first mag of the AR. I agree re not going out and playing hero but if I'm hunkered down waiting, I'd ten times rather have 30 rounds of .223 pointed at the door than 7 rounds in a pump.