If someone breaks into your house, what is your realistic reaction?

[ChicoFromThe305]

If you have a gun I'll answer for you, you'll grab your gun and shoot em but If you aren't armed what's your next move?

key word: REALISTIC

lol

[SotiCoto]

My home is a studio flat. And I'm almost always home. So if someone tried to break in, I'd hear them, and I'd probably start shouting at them demanding an explanation for whatever the fuck they reckon they're doing before they even got halfway in.
That aside, they likely wouldn't be able to get in through the door since it is blocked and barricaded. About the most likely way for them to find their way in would probably be to break into the adjacent flat, climb out of the window onto the roof, then break into mine through my window, which is usually open a crack. They couldn't actually get down without making a racket and probably landing awkwardly though... which would maybe give me enough time to grab the broom and amateurishly start smacking them with it.

[HighValue]

Realistic? I keep a loaded gun in every room of my house.

Even without a gun, I can easily put them down hand to hand, but my first reaction from experience when hearing something that makes me think someone hostile could potentially be around has been to grab a gun each time so far.

[provokeesmokee]

I keep my kitchen knives stored in a qay that makes it easy for me to access them and hide to ambush an unexpected intruder into my home.

I also have various solid dowels for stretxhinh that I can also use as blunt weapons.

Laatly, I am on the upper floor. Puahing someone directly out my door and a few feet more will aend them falking down the building.

[SaoirseS]

Fortunately not something I have to worry about. But absent any guns, a cast iron skillet over the intruder's head should at least buy some time for me to get away.

[ChicoFromThe305]

You have a gun dude just use that 😂

[SaoirseS]

Oh definitely, it would be more efficient.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Indeed ha

[NathanDavis]

realistically... they just should not be there... there's thee different gates before any stranger could even knock at the door

if they make it and break into the house then kudod to them... they can take whatever they want to rob... lol, because they earned it

[electromagnetic]

I’ve got a 45lb bar that I keep near the door because there is more space to have things standing. I’ll be swinging it harder than a male stripper.

[ChicoFromThe305]

A bar? That is a strange choice of weapon but interesting lol

[electromagnetic]

It’s the first thing I can think of.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Lol.

[ChinaGrove]

I told Sage to get one of these.

And Ducky is retarded,

[ChicoFromThe305]

An air gun?

[ChinaGrove]

It shoots mace pellets. When I was a kid, a cop friend put a small dab of mace on my right cheek. I couldn't see for an hour. It never went in my eyes. I suspect that today's cops are mandated to use a more wimpy version, but you can buy the real deal. It's legal in every state.

[StudyingAuthor]

Uh, I'll pull out a knife. I love knives. Something about them is beautiful.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Something is something I guess

[StudyingAuthor]

Yes it is.

[Account]

How would they? My dog will alarm me before they are even on my floor.

[ChicoFromThe305]

So what's the plan for when they get to your floor 🙂

[Account]

They would be driven away by his bark hopefully. His bark is quite scary and he is kind of big.
Also they need to get through the door which is difficult to do so ( I am only saying that judging by the lock, damn I would be terrible at lockpicking)
If they reached at my door I guess I would have to call the assholes (cops) but I would try not to make much noise while being on the call in order for the thieves to assume that noone is at home but the dog.
After that while they would be trying to get through, I would take something heavy to drop onto their heads, I would also take a ladder put it silently on the way that the door opens and if they manage to pass they wouldn't see me being up and I would drop something heavy on them or I would hit them on the head with a bottle of glass. I would avoid using a switchblade.

[Account]

(Don't ask for the logic behind it there is none, I tried to put myself in the panicked condition I would be and what would make sense of me doing during that panicked condition)

[ChicoFromThe305]

So you are going to pull some HOME ALONE shit and start booby trapping your whole house while making fun of the intruders that fall into every single trap, you know using the switchblade would solve things much quicker tho right 😆

[Account]

What if their sole purpose was only to steal and not to do something worse?
I don't know, I can't just kill someone if their only intention was to steal, it just doesn't feel right.

[ChicoFromThe305]

And you are willing to put your own life on the line for theirs? Or the people that are in the home with you? Cause that what if can go both ways, if it's someone willing to take lives to come up then it's you or them, when it comes to self defense you only get one chance, if your local laws let you use lethal force when trespassing in your property, it's for a reason unless you are certain they don't want to hurt anyone.

[Account]

Yes but you asked realistically and realistically, it is not easy to kill someone if you have a conscience and if you are uncertain on whether they would harm you or not. So at most I would either wound them or I would attempt to knock them out but not with the intention to kill.

[ChicoFromThe305]

I honestly feel like you aren't counting that rush of adrenaline you get in a life or death situation, I honestly don't think you'd be thinking so deep on the other person's health when you are trying to protect your own, with that rush I think it might be easier to severely wound them than it will to avoid doing so, although I'm sure people are different tho cause personally I value life but when other life is putting my familys in danger I act first and think second i was assuming you'd maybe react similarly cause I know that rush of adrenaline can be quite accelerating if that makes sense.

[Account]

I understand exactly what you are talking about since I have been in a threatening situation before although I didn't carry any type of a weapon with me not even a knife and his action (he tried to approach me with the intention of blocking me with his hands/body and he was smiling creepily), it caught me by surprise because I was walking and being absent minded, it took me a few seconds to register what he was trying to do and I even felt like "floating" above my body I dont know how to explain it. At that moment it was fight, freeze or flight and for some reason my mind decided on fight (I was like, great today I die)
so I started yelling insults at him and screaming like crazy and told him I will attack him if he dares to approach me more and that I will claw his eyes and for some reason he didn't expect that and started running towards the opposite direction. This man I would definitely cause harm to because his intention was not to rob me, but bro imagine if he pulled out a knife or a gun. It was around 2-3am and the roads were completely empty so noone else was around. But that was different and stealing is different however I won't deny the possibility that you might be right because our mind responds to adrenaline in ways that we are not able to predict.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Yep and like you said, imagine if they had a knife or a gun, if you were going to try and defend yourself, you don't think they will retaliate? And the chances of them thinking about your health when they are trying to defend themselves from your defense are low, it's why I think that not only will you most likely only be thinking of your own health at that point, it's actually better that way cause it can cost you your life if you decide to defend yourself trying to save the wrong person that is trying to and will hurt you, cause they are simply already in the wrong by breaking into your property, if they don't want to die they should make stupid decisions like that lol

[ChicoFromThe305]

Shouldn't*

[MemeSupreme]

crawl into the vents and jump out like batman taking him down

[ChicoFromThe305]

Very realistic 💀

[MemeSupreme]

ngl my dog would probably just scare them into leaving

he has a deep bark

[ChicoFromThe305]

I guess something is something

[LazerBean]

No gun? Out the window I go 🤷🏽‍♀️ the alarm will take care of the rest

[ChicoFromThe305]

Interesting solution lol

[LazerBean]

Lol well I ain't waiting around for a criminal while unarmed

[AviatorTom]

They are dumb... for a whole bunch of reasons I don't have to go into. 🙈🙊🙉

[ChicoFromThe305]

Lol fair enough

[Agape93]

I'm killing em. Wouldn't be the first one to die here.

[ChicoFromThe305]

That's cause they don't know how to make agape soup lol

[Agape93]

Lmfao or like the last guy, they don't know how to distract or calm down dogs

[ChicoFromThe305]

I guess that depends if he's armed lol

[Agape93]

He was, but didn't do him any good. Downside to that, the cops don't call in cleaners to clean up the crime scenes. Usually that's what the homeowner has to do or they clean it themselves. Took hours.

[ChicoFromThe305]

You are terrible at this, just self snitching so hard 😂

[Agape93]

This shit was years ago, cops never charged me. Besides all I did was not intervene.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Oh well then I guess there's really no charge there

[Agape93]

Exactly.

[IslaTheWitch]

realistically I live on the last floor of a building with security... what are the odds?

realistically I would call the police AND the security downstairs... :D

[Booklover_90]

Shooting them. That is the realistic solution. Break into my home? You’re DEAD.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Fair enough lol.

[LaurenM1997]

Well I’m the first room they would come in so I’m fucked if they do

[LaurenM1997]

I don’t have a gun or anything

[ChicoFromThe305]

Not much reaction time to work with ha

[LaurenM1997]

We always lock the door and put chain on

[ChicoFromThe305]

That might give you a few more seconds

[LaurenM1997]

My mum has cameras too so she can see who’s at the house

[ChicoFromThe305]

Well at least if they hurt you, it will be caught on tape Lauren 🙃

[TonyMetal___86]

@LaurenM1997 i believe that miss lauren will run to my house and the robber will be stupid if he follows her , he can simply BUG OFF 😁

[LaurenM1997]

@TonyMetal___86 @TonyMetal___86 that is so true haha 😂

[LaurenM1997]

@ChicoFromThe305 true and my mum can bring the cctv evidence to the police

[ChicoFromThe305]

Lol.

[Miah04]

Pops gonna put a couple shells up in that fool.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Relax nobody is breaking in foreal 😂

[Miah04]

Best not be. *acts all intimidating while hiding behind my pops*

[ChicoFromThe305]

Lmao well when you put it that way 😂

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

If its night he or she would be shot dead immediately.

If its day I will tell them to leave immediately walking in the opposite direction of me with their hands lest I blow their head off if they try something stupid.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

* hands up

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Immediately remove all my clothes and confuse him. 👍

[ChicoFromThe305]

Yea sure confuse is what you'll do 😂

[PrettyCrumblBb]

I'd scare him cos I'm so ugly. I'd steal his gun and cash 👍

[ChicoFromThe305]

Wait what happened to all your confidence 😫

Gun maybe but if he's breaking into your home Im pretty sure it's cause he needs cash not cause he's being Santa Claus 😂

[PrettyCrumblBb]

I'm speaking from his perspective, not mine.

Maybe he has cash from other houses he's robbed?

[ChicoFromThe305]

I'm not sure that works, how can you speak from their perspective when you are in your own lol

Come on crumble no one goes from house to house without laying low after each one, cops will be looking for the suspect so it's best to lay low until things cool down 😂

[PrettyCrumblBb]

I don't assume everything thinks I'm pretty. I used to think that when I was younger cos I didn't see anything wrong with myself lol but as an adult I see that people have different opinions from me and that's ok as long as you don't dehumanize me. 👍

I don't know anything about that life 😂

[ChicoFromThe305]

I guess that's a fair point but ugliness isn't even scary tho, if anything it's just disturbing, they will most likely just take all your shit without looking at you lol

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Nah ugliness is scary. Cockroaches are ugly and they scare me.

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Also I would gladly hand them my bank card. I could just easily freeze my card, call the cops and when they get arrested, the cops will return my bank card to me and I'll just unfreeze it.

[ChicoFromThe305]

they are more disgusting than ugly, and the fact that we know their main habitat is what makes it scary although if roaches were the size of dogs, now that would be scary.

[ChicoFromThe305]

That returning bank card just kinda seems extra cause you can just order a new one, freezing it is a good idea, personally id just shoot them, simple solution tbh

[PrettyCrumblBb]

If the cops can't return my card to me then they really suck at their job.

[ChicoFromThe305]

You've got too much faith in them coppers, they will most likely just tell u the same, to get a new one 😂

[PrettyCrumblBb]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtrQfR6v_Qh/
I want this guy to rob me 😂

[ChicoFromThe305]

I don't know how to respond to this 💀

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Norwegian burglars are so respectful.

[ChicoFromThe305]

How do you know that? 😂

[PrettyCrumblBb]

He said he regrets

[ChicoFromThe305]

Who?

[PrettyCrumblBb]

The guy in the video

[ChicoFromThe305]

I don't think it's smart to make a judgement call on Norwegian burglars because of a Norwegian making a video acting like a burglar, real Norwegian burglars can be different, they can roast you the whole time as they rob you for all you know 😂

[PrettyCrumblBb]

He can roast these tiddies any day 😂

[ChicoFromThe305]

Sounds like he would be the one getting robbed

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Not if he's in my house 😂

[ChicoFromThe305]

I meant robbed of something else 😂

[PrettyCrumblBb]

You wish 😂

[ChicoFromThe305]

You mean you wish, you brought it up 😂

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Can't think straight that man confused me 😂

[ChicoFromThe305]

Damn crumble, brain going numb means you got it hard lol

[PrettyCrumblBb]

Nothing of me got hard. I'm a lady! 🤨

[ChicoFromThe305]

Not like that, I see your mind is still naughty lol

I meant you crush or whatnot, you know how people say like "damn you got it hard" or was it bad? 💀

[PrettyCrumblBb]

I was joking 😂

[ChicoFromThe305]

Doesn't change anything 😂

[exitseven]

I get my gun and put a bullet in them. I have prepared myself for taking somebody's life.

[DryGermanGuy]

Call the police. The phone is at my bed and the police station only one km away.

[rosemilk]

no gun? grab a knife

[ChicoFromThe305]

Spin the wheel rose ha

[SweetJoyGirl]

Pepper spray and my heels. 👠 loooool

[ChicoFromThe305]

You wear heels? Never would've guessed it 💀

[SweetJoyGirl]

Yes. LMAO

[12karen]

I'll hide and maybe try to scare them

[ChicoFromThe305]

Fair enough lol

[12karen]

Realistic?

[ChicoFromThe305]

Yea realistic enough ha