I would also like to point out that if you have never owned a gun before I would suggest starting with a revolver for 3 main reasons.

1. They are very reliable semi-autos can jam and if you arent experenced enough to clear it quickly it could cost you your life.
2. They are very easy to make it safe ( making sure it isnt loaded ).
3. They are very easy to clean and maintain no need for disassembly for a good cleaning.

get an Ar-15 they are very accurate and powerfull enough to go through type 2 and 3A body armor

handguns sound good but in reality I hear storys all the time of big dudes on drugs getting shot 6-10 times from handguns and walking away......they are not as effective as a rifle.... and shottys are decent but they cause collateral damage even if you hit the target the spray can hit someone else.

hope this helps!

pfft no one on here is right... u dont need a handgun all you need is one of these trust me.

We have a security system with 2 cameras. One is in the corner of the carport catching anyone coming up to the sidedoor. The other is inside the main living room facing the front door. Neither caught anything. They were in and out within a minute or two. Currently my girl (not married, but been together for 8 years) and I live with a buddy that had bought a house. We moved in to help him out with his bills and fill his house with furniture. She is/was freaked out to the point that now we are moving. Put a deposit down on a rental across town yesterday. Her cousin had been living with her parents for a little while and she needed a place to live. We found a steal of a 3 bedroom that we are going to move into over the next week or so.

Also: Have a Glock 21 on order direct from the manufacturer. I have wanted a handgun for a couple years now and finally did it. After talking with the guy for a while, and trying out a few guns, I decided I liked the Glock the most, and went with the 21 because it comes in .45. She wants to learn how to use it and handle it properly, so we are going to take the concealed carry class offered at the gun range/dealer that it's getting shipped too. For 110 bucks and a weekend long class, you can get your concealed carry license, not that I plan on carrying it very often. Got to love Louisiana.

good stuff man. oh and side note: their is a better than even chance we are related(blood or marriage) if you were born in LA :P my family is HUGE

I'm glad you were smart enough to buy a .45 and not a .40.

Thumbs up.

Get ready to vomit when you go to buy a box of .45 though.

Shoot as much as you like/can afford to keep your skills up and buy a gun safe to put it in, even if it's just one of those small, nightstand biometric ones.

can I go ahead and be a douchebag? no? well I am gonna be anyways.

How would a gun stop your house from being robbed if you weren't there?

I know everyone is like "F*CK that man, shoot a AFRICAN AMERICAN that breaks into your house" but frankly thieves are thieves and generally speaking they have no intention of hurting anyone, they just wanna steal. If you have insurance, who F*CKING cares? Just my opinion. I own dogs, my parents live down the street from me and my house is never really without someone to watch it, so I know I have a contrary life/opinion to most. It's one thing to be a gun enthusiast who enjoys shooting for sport or hunting, it's something else entirely to own a firearm for "defense" and I don't see where a gun would have done a damn thing for you in your situation.

This is the point I was trying to make. A gun isnt going to protect anything when you aren't home. Since you already have the gun on order and it sounded like you wanted one to begin with, regardless of the break in, I suggest loading it with blanks if you really dont think you have it in you to shoot and kill somebody. Thats something large that will weigh on you for the rest of your life. If the gun is loaded with blanks and you pop off a few rounds that is going to be enough to scare away most intruders.

Another suggestion. Buy a big f*cking sword. If I was robbing someones house and they had a sword coming after me, then im out for sure. No way im fighting that dude.

and to be even more of a dick, you need to shoot in a simulated, or real hallway without ear protection before you recommend a carbine or shotgun for home defense, let alone a pistol.

I'm glad we have a tag team of captain obviouses to tell us a gun won't help you when you're not home.

I'm guessing that the wish to buy a firearm is so that if you are home, and they mean more than to just steal, you're not totally F*CKING helpless.

It's also doesn't seem like a good idea to advocate firing a weapon indoors without hearing protection that can result in permanent hearing loss. That would be stupid. You would only do that if you actually have to, in which case, your ears are the least of your concerns.

my god we have some real einsteins here the guy didnt ask how to be a helpless pu$$y he wanted to know about what type of gun to have for home protection . i am afraid for what this country is in store for as the rest of the world realises that our country is full of pussies i mean whats next throw rubber dildos at the taliban?maybe we should give our troops blanks F*CKING idiots.by the way you cant just stick blanks in any gun.if you dont know about guns dont F*CKING answer questions about guns.

Personal story: A guy looking for money for his heroin addiction broke into my grandparents house.
It was 2:30 in the morning on Super Bowl Sunday. He climbed a fence in their backyard and broke thorough a window on the second floor.
My grandfather was in military most of his young life. He is an avid gun collector,hunter, and shooter. He makes his own bullets and the whole 9 yards.
The guy went running down the hallway towards his bedroom looking for quick cash, when my grandfather turned the corner with his pistol drawn.
No, he didn't F*CKING shoot the guy. The guy shit bricks because he didn't want to die. He locked himself in the bathroom (Which unlucky for him contained no windows).
My grandfather waited outside the door with his gun drawn until the police showed up.
My grandfather and I go to the gun range very often shooting a variety of different weapons. He was in every right prepared to shoot this person who invaded his personal space.
But he didn't. Living with killing someone isn't something I could ever imagine doing. But it would be a last resort decision if my life was on the line. No one wants to live with someones blood on their hands.
But the sad part is: some of you probably could.

How are we pussies? Because we suggested alternatives to guns? Might be hard to believe that guns aren't always the answer for some of you.
If a thief broke into your house, and you have a pistol loaded; which is qualified to shoot blanks it can be as effective as a real gun when someone is looking to hit your house for quick cash.
He never F*CKING said "OMG EVERY GUN KAN SHOOTS THE BLANKS." You assumed shit and because you assumed shit you then assumed shit about his knowledge about guns. Where the F*CK did he say give the troops blanks? No where, that is not even on the same F*CKING scale as to what we are talking about.
Every single F*CKING thread having to do with guns automatically has to do with the government taking our rights and the Taliban.

How much does you bringing in the Taliban to this thread contribute? A hell of a lot less than Honestly's suggestions.

So you guys can stock pile your F*CKING Semi-automatic assault rifles and build your doomsday bunkers for when the government takes over because they are in cooperation with the Taliban who has ties to Barack Osama because his skin color isn't the F*CKING same as yours and because he is already preparing american troops to kill innocent people because they bought bullets and targets and those troops get funding from the Anti-Christ also the Anti-Christ is every person who suggests something other than a gun as a solution to a math problem also look out for the cartel they fit in here somewhere.

Edited my bitchfit.

You know there's no such thing as a semi-automatic assault rifle, right?

Unlocked. Don't blow up and throw a pussified shitfit ragepost in a thread and then lock it so nobody can respond. If you're going to lock a thread, say "enough is enough" and lock it. Don't huff and puff and then lock it so you get the last say. That's something a child would do.

No dis-respect moss, but the guy did ask for help in deciding help purchasing a firearm. I believe that's what most of us were doing, not sure how it turned into some argument but hey these things happen. We are not all stupid we were just all giving advice to someone who asked.

my point exactly i just put it like an asshole would the guy asked for gun advice period not oh no guns are bad and you shouldnt kill some one invading your home who very could be willing to kill you and pointing a real looking cap gun at some one.that might get you shot where you other wise may have just been beaten or less.and yes i would in a heart beat drop the hamer on some one who breaks into my home.any one who forces their way into my house comitted suicide.all of us gun nuts with our (semi auto assault weapons )are tired of be told that owning a type of firearm or any at all is evil or wrong in my opinion any house hold leader should not only provide for his or her family but also be responible for its safty and that doesnt mean have 911 on speed dial.ps sorry for being a dick about it but yeah the more i see people being brain washed to reliy on the government foe everything it worries me where we are headed as a nation.

Shouldn't have locked it. My Bad.

Also edited my bitchfest.

i aplaud your grandfather he was prepared to his duty to protect his family with a firearm because what big boys use not cap guns and swords ever heard the old saying bringing a knife to a gun fight? same applies to cap guns. as for the rest of this shit i have no coment its just a bunch of nonsene.

Look we all have the right to decide for ourselves if we want to have a firearm for self-defense. The thing is, we do not know the intentions of people who are willing to break inside your home....true they just might want some cash...or they could be looking to rape your wife or kidnap your children and eat them. I mean do not tell me Ted bundy did not exist, or there are not violent criminals out there because I will just laugh at you....savagely.

Noone wants to kill anyone, and I would do my best to dis-arm and severly maim any intruder who would dare breach my perimeter. I am glad we have the 2nd ammendement witch gives us this right to self-defense and the use of firearms. You can choose not to exercise this right and I hope you are fortunate to not encounter a violent criminal high on pcp, but please don't try to make anyone who uses this right out to be some crazy wackjob.

This mentality of, if someone breaks in your home you are suppose to hide under your bed and let them take whatever bullshit is just victim training, and might get you kidnapped, or possibly tortured and murdered. As for me, you can try and break in my home anytime, and I will proudly bash your F*CKING face in until you are required 24/7 assistance in a hospital for the rest of your life.

I completely agree.

It's called the "Wussification of America." Google it.

People, namely men, are getting to be bigger and bigger pussies over time. Guns will be banned completely or severely restricted in our lifetimes. If you don't buy one, your kids will never know what it's like to shoot an AR-15, or any semi-auto for that matter. The pussies want you disarmed. They don't have the balls. They don't have what it takes to do what you might have to do to protect your family one day, so they assume that everyone else is stupid pussies too, so they don't want to you have a gun because they are too scared themselves.

We are being trained to be victims. Don't fall for it.

Stock up on AR-15s (or buy stripped lower receivers, much cheaper option, so you can just build an AR when you want/need/have the $ for it), AK-47s, or whatever your modern rifle of choice is. And then stock up on magazines depending on what you can afford. Buy a dozen or 2. Something that costs $10-15 now, will be worth $100 or more when they ban magazines over 10 rounds. And they will. The gun grabbers are never going to give up. It's only a matter of time before they ban guns in the name of so-called "progress."

I'm actually a registered democrat if you can believe that. I've never actually voted for a republican in my life. But, after all of this anti-gun bullshit, I'm never voting for a democrat ever again.

So, don't be a vagina. Put real ammo in your gun. If you can find any.