> I would use barricades, tazers, pepper spray, traps, smoke, fire, light, sound, and other means to dissuade the thief You have time for all that? Using a ta

> I would use barricades, tazers, pepper spray, traps, smoke, fire, light, sound, and other means to dissuade the thief You have time for all that? Using a tazer or peper spray means your basically in well within pistol range and very close to hand-to-hand range. How exactly are you going to deploy your sound or smoke weapon? > Guns are mainly useful for offense. Maybe that's why some preppers want them. Guns are plenty useful for defense. Have you ever received any gun training?