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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1064932" data-attributes="member: 14668">My suggestion would be to have a plan already in place for dealing with a home invasion that involves you taking cover in a fixed location (such as behind your bed or closet door) with a wall behind you so that you can only be approached from one angle. This location should be within reach of a phone that you can call 911 on. If you are not confident in your handgun skills, then perhaps a 12 gauge shotgun would be a better choice. Unlike the .410, the 12 gauge packs a serious punch and with a short barrel the pattern will spread out enough at 10 or 15 feet to increase your chances of a hit.You mention a &quot;panic situation&quot;. Something to bear in mind is that, once shots are fired, you arent the only one who will be panicked and amped up on adrenaline. The bad guy will be too, and particularly if you add the effect of drugs or alcohol to the equation you can wind up with a bad guy who is so jacked up that he wont even feel bullets or know that he has been shot. Such people can take multiple center-of-mass hits and keep on doing what they want to do for several minutes before they finally bleed out. There are many documented cases of this, which makes it all the more imperitive to stay away from underpowered rounds like the .410.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1064932, member: 14668"] My suggestion would be to have a plan already in place for dealing with a home invasion that involves you taking cover in a fixed location (such as behind your bed or closet door) with a wall behind you so that you can only be approached from one angle. This location should be within reach of a phone that you can call 911 on. If you are not confident in your handgun skills, then perhaps a 12 gauge shotgun would be a better choice. Unlike the .410, the 12 gauge packs a serious punch and with a short barrel the pattern will spread out enough at 10 or 15 feet to increase your chances of a hit. You mention a "panic situation". Something to bear in mind is that, once shots are fired, you[I] arent[/I] the only one who will be panicked and amped up on adrenaline. The bad guy will be too, and particularly if you add the effect of drugs or alcohol to the equation you can wind up with a bad guy who is so jacked up that he wont even feel bullets or know that he has been shot. Such people can take multiple center-of-mass hits and keep on doing what they want to do for several minutes before they finally bleed out. There are many documented cases of this, which makes it all the more imperitive to stay away from underpowered rounds like the .410. [/QUOTE]

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