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Posted by Dwight55: The fact that the bg is ascending the stairs means he is coming after you, and your family.
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Not necessarily, if his motive is to take valuables...but if he sees you, he may well decide to shoot you.
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Waiting until he is on your level, . . . exposes the whole family to his gunfire.
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Only if he sees them.
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Basic battle tactics never change from the battlefield to the house, . . . from the kitchen to the church, . . . engage them from cover, . . . with as much concealment as possible, . . . engage them when they are vulnerable, . . . engage them when non combatants are at the least risk, . . .
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Your objective is not to win a battle, but to avoid it if possible, while keeping the family safe.
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Waiting till they enter the bedroom, . . . may as well voted for Obama. Makes about as much sense.
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Yet the experts are virtually unanimous in recommending going to a saferoom.
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FWIW: those are the tactics learned as an 11B40, . . . light infantry platoon sergeant, . . . they work for our men in the sandbox, . . . they'll work for us at home.
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They might be advisable if your objective were to engage the intruder while putting yourself at risk to do so, but that is not the objective of home defense.