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if the guy, or guys are armed with firearms and a taser like the home invasion reported yesterday, a baseball bat is not much of a solution
Hmmmmm
I've got Siberian Huskies. Bloody useless guard dogs. Would lick them to death before biting them.
The discipline of the baseball bat is always useful. If someone is coming towards you in your own house, say get away. If they come for you, you are afraid for your life, you hit them once, very hard, in the head. Problem solved. And the police will be fine as you only hit them once.
Check out the self defence laws before you start planning the untimely but worthy demise of future home invaders. You could end up getting a manslaughter charge for 'excessive self defence'.
Prevention is better than the cure and the German Shepherds are a good start.
I've got a steel door in front of the main door. Great for getting a breeze through the house when it is too hot. Also good for home invaders - open the main door and there is a piece of steel between you and whoever is there.
A front fence with gate can be useful - easy to jump over, but if you can have dogs there, this is a good deterrent.
Alarm systems have panic buttons that can link to the police station. They can also be set when you sleeping - you just set it for the zones you are not sleeping in.
Other thing is that home invasions are quite rare. I am in Ryde area where your sister is, and don't hear about them that often.
my sister is a school teacher, the guy was an ex student and besotted from afar (chinese national, student visa), he had stolen my sister's mobile and the police called it to say that she was at the station - so that's where he went, armed with a knife and all
I still reckon shoot the bastards
That's interesting, gooner. They can be quite aggressive with other dogs so I'd have thought they'd be the same about their owners/property.Hmmmmm
I've got Siberian Huskies. Bloody useless guard dogs. Would lick them to death before biting them.
Why is it OK to hit them once? What about if you don't hit hard enough and need to give another whack to equate to what a harder first blow would do?If they come for you, you are afraid for your life, you hit them once, very hard, in the head. Problem solved. And the police will be fine as you only hit them once.
I think that's being very realistic. It's easy to say 'whack someone', but if the fear and surprise combines it's pretty likely any objective consideration of what to do will be impossible. This is where the good dog comes in. They have immediate and instinctive responses.I wouldn't consider myself a whimp, I'm built like a brick outhouse, did 3 years of martial arts and 4 years of weight training in my younger days - but the couple of times I've been threatened physically, I've turned to jelly.
I think most people are the same and the would be home invaders rely on this, along with the element of surprise. If 2 or 3 guys force their way into my home I don't believe I am capable of protecting myself and my wife and this worries me.
That's interesting, gooner. They can be quite aggressive with other dogs so I'd have thought they'd be the same about their owners/property.
Why is it OK to hit them once? What about if you don't hit hard enough and need to give another whack to equate to what a harder first blow would do?
That would be good if she could buy it somewhere. I understand that it's illegal in Australia (except possibly WA).capsicum spray is what she needs.
Restrictions applying to the importation of OC spray
The importation of anti-personnel sprays and chemicals for the use in the manufacture of anti-personnel sprays was federally restricted in March 2000 by an amendment to Schedule 3 of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956. The provision was inserted by Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1) [Statutory Rules 2000 No. 32]
The conditions attaching to the importation of anti-personnel sprays and chemicals are that such goods must not be imported unless:
* the written consent of the Minister, the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police or the commissioner (however designated) of the police force of a State or Territory, is produced to a Collector [of Customs]; and
* the goods are imported for the use of the Australian Federal Police, a police force of a State or Territory or a correctional institution of a State or Territory.
... A spaniel would be one of the most useless canines in existence from every point of view.
capsicum spray is what she needs.
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