Home protection without firearms... what would you pick?

[lonegunman]

Theoretical question:

Suppose all guns magically disappeared, the recipe for gunpowder was lost, and Pepper Spray hadnt been invented...

What would make the best weapon for home defense?

I know its kind of a stupid question... but some of the answers I am sure will be quite imaginative.

 

[Stoic]

Crossbow

 

[UK2TX]

Big dogs....

Regards,

UK2TX

 

[gryphon]

flame thrower!

 

[misanthrope747]

My ex-wife.

I'd probably go with some sort of short sword for in the house fighting and a bow for defending from a distance.

misanthrope747

 

[Mad Max]

A sharp Katana, the most efficient hand-to-hand weapon in existence.
Or a baseball bat.

 

[FPrice]

I second the idea of dogs. Plural. At least two.

A mace or a flail might be a good choice for close-in combat behind the dogs.

 

[Gholam]

A strong flashlight can be a useful tactical tool at night.

 

[k77/22rp]

One of those mini-crossbows would be ideal, there small and light, yet powerful enough to inflict major hurt.

 

[Libertarian]

I kept a hand axe next to the bed when I was living in Egypt. I didn't get a permit to have a gun until I was packing to come back to the US. It really freaked my MIL. My wife thought it was kind of strange but she slept well knowing we had something.

 

[Tamara]

A Steve Corkum wakizashi. Katanas can get unwieldy in a hallway.

 

[blades67]

Flaming oil. Try not getting it on the carpet.

 

[Gholam]

Now, I wonder, how far can you go in making a flamethrower before it gets classified as a firearm?

 

[nsf003]

I second the Katana notion. Something shorter than a full length though, for manuverability in hallways.


nsf003

 

[lonegunman]

A flame thrower for home defense seems to be a poor choice unless you have the fire department on standby outside.

 

[Gholam]

I know, but the flaming oil post got me thinking... there's several options... some tar-like liquid driven by compressed air can create a spitter, while gas fuel - acetilene, propane, etc - can give one hell of a torch... question is, how legal would that be under US laws?

 

[JoshM75]

Electricial grade Fire Extinguisher

Saw a guy get shot in the face with one, he went down in a screaming heap. Had to be rushed to Hospital to save his eyesight. Also the empty cannister makes a nifty club at short notice.

I always thought that Flamethrowers were just fuel pumps in back pack form? The BATF would probably love though to get involved in regulating fuel pumps, $200 transfer tax on every automobile sale

 

[Ewok_Guy]

Wooden baseball bat with several large nails hammered through the 'business end'.

 

[Rebeldon]

German Shepherd

 

[bastiat]

A bull mastiff or two.

A Khukuri would probably be an ideal sidearm for a close quarters weapon in tight places like hallways.

Don't like a baseball bat in case you run up against a bad guy with an innate sense of physics and momentum (i.e., they've figured out what part of the swinging bat isn't dangerous).