WARNING! THIS IS A HARSH AND UNPLEASANT READING. IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED, PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE.
When it comes to home defense, there is much more “Hollywood daydreaming” on the internet than serious manuals that can actually help people make their homes safer.
In this growing wave of armament devoid of information, videos of people wearing camouflage and trying to engage in some kind of “CQB” within their own homes are a trend. Of course! Playing SWAT is much more fun than doing what really needs to be done.
Home defense has nothing to do with police or military work and, if all goes well, it has nothing to do with shooting either.
This list does not take anyone’s ego or feelings into consideration. It is meant to help build some principles that are truly intelligent and useful for defending the reader’s home. So, if you came here expecting to see one man room clearing, I have some bad news: that will do very little to help your family.
With the preliminaries set, if you haven’t closed this window yet, cursing the author who speaks to you as arrogant and unprepared, let’s proceed with our list!
Home defense has nothing to do with police or military work and, if all goes well, it has nothing to do with shooting either.
- From the Greek, στρατηγία (strategy)
Let’s start from the beginning. Everything starts with a plan that, if well elaborated, will not allow anyone to approach the core of your home.
Before worrying about your weapons and discussing what type of projectile to use, organize a plan of what to do to AVOID your house from becoming a target for criminals. How about starting to study situational awareness and combat mindset? How about considering Grey Man Directives and counterintelligence?
What can you do to ensure that your house is not even CONSIDERED as a target by criminals?
- Building
Organize your building carefully and disproportionately to the level of threat you expect to have.
Have the safest house in your neighborhood. Invest in building an impenetrable and intelligent structure.
- Deterrents
Electric fences, broken glass, spear points, punji stakes. Make sure to seriously injure anyone who dares to invade your space. Be careful, of course, that these deterrents don’t end up injuring those who don’t deserve it either.
- Electronic Security
Leave the 90s behind! In 2023, you can use technology to your advantage at very affordable prices.
You can monitor your home remotely, receive alerts on your cellphone, see everything that happens there, and even talk to anyone on the premises for less than the price of your sofa.
Moreover, with a well-positioned alarm system, you will never be caught off guard.
- Dogs (not pets)
They are not known as man’s best friends for wagging their tails and fetching sticks. If you are a pet parent, this item is not for you.
Trained dogs are weapons and the most loyal team you can have. Use them.
- Prepare your family
The people who live in the same place as you can, according to their needs and level of training:
6.1. Be an extra burden for you to worry about.
6.2. Help you by providing information and performing non-tactical tasks.
6.3. Help you with tactical tasks.
No man is an island. Train your family, ask for help, rely on them. Communication is the keyword.
- Establish an escape plan
Never enter into a fight that you are not certain you will win. Risking your family because of your ego is unforgivable.
Defend your family, not your self-esteem.
If you are not secure, put everyone – and maybe yourself – on your escape route. Reorganize yourself tactically and return when victory is beyond doubt.
8. Establish a fight plan
Don’t wait until the moment of the fight to decide how you will fight.
Have orchestrated actions for every possible phase of the conflict, from the person forcing your gate, approaching your vehicle, taking a hostage to successfully reaching the core of your house.
- To arms!
If you have made it this far, know that you are a terrible strategist (or you are facing a group of Spetsnaz ordered to kill you).
But, if there’s no other way, go and win. Remember:
Inter arma enim silent leges
Which means, during wars, laws are silent.
Play dirty, cheat. This person (or persons) entered your house and threatened your family. Make sure they don’t leave it.
- Posthumous memories
If everything went well in item 9, now you have a family with trembling legs and one or more bodies in your kitchen.
What will you do?
You can:
a) Sit, cry, and pretend to be crazy.
b) Call the police, get arrested, lose your weapons for examination, and face legal proceedings to prove your self-defense actions.
c) Get rid of the bodies and commit a crime in the eyes of the State, risking arrest.
Your conscience must dictate your actions. But that’s a topic for another text!
Best regards!
