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The term home defense should represent a number of things, by no means all firearm related. This being a firearm- and tactics-related site, however, the informed use of firearms plays a central role in our articles. Other articles focus on tactics, specific weapon selection (and staging), mental/emotional preparation, and other matters.

Note: scroll down for past articles.

For instance, in our Home Defense Blaster Basics article, Woods offers information and suggestions covering handguns, calibers, long-guns, and accessories for defensive purposes.

Buy the best quality you can within your financial means, as long as you have the option. If you stick with this, you eliminate a swath of bargain bin junk from the selection pool.

But beyond the use of firearms, the need for mental, emotional, and even legal considerations cannot be emphasized strongly enough.

Freeborn’s article Considerations for Home Defense addresses several misunderstandings and long-standing myths and moves past them to cover issues like layout, area of denial, overpenetration, and preparation time. He offers the following factors for consideration:

Are you alone, or do you have others to protect?
If others are present,
- How far are they away from you?
- Where are they in relation to the likely entry points?

In addition to our home defense articles, you’ll find even more value with our podcasts. Each podcast episode focuses on a specific issue, most of the time with top-notch experts in the field.

Just one example is Podcast 172 with guest Corinne Mosher. She offers this sobering exhortation to invest and engage yourself in training and mindset.

You have to take personal responsibility for your education; for developing your mindset to be prepared for any scenario based on what has happened in the past.

In Podcast 132 Joe Weyer discusses methods of home defense preparation, covering various practical aspects of hardening your home against invasion. Of particular value in this episode: Weyer covers step-by-step how to manage yourself, your family, your defensive weapon, and how to coordinate with the dispatcher and local police department through the event.

And even if your plan is thorough, your firearms and home are at the ready, and you maintain your training, you must consider the legal fallout of a home defense situation that ended with lethal force. As Freeborn advises in Considerations for Lethal Force, Part 2:

…the defending part doesn’t stop when you stop the physical threat. The dangers to you and your life continue in the form of the legal, social, and psychological aftermath that comes next. Defending yourself from those aspects is just as important as defending yourself from the physical attack. To think otherwise is simply laziness.

These are just snippets of the information available in our home defense archives. Our goal is to supply our readers with knowledge, skills, and understanding of what home defense is.

See also:

Home Defense Tactics

Home Defense Weapons

Home Invasion

Bumps in the Night

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Aug

169 – Our Rifle Bias: Setting Up The Best Gun for Home Defense

Podcast
By Daniel Shaw
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We have a fact- and practicality based rifle bias.. The best firearm for most fights, and likewise the best gun ...

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Jul

164 – Preparation for and Avoidance of Asymmetric Violence

Podcast
By Daniel Shaw
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A shooting during a Austin protest, a negligent discharge in Louisville by an NFAC member, vehicles hitting protesters...you prepared to ...

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Jul

161 – Home Defense | Create The Advantage

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By Daniel Shaw
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Home defense advantages: realistically, what are they? Pragmatically, what can you do to create them? Is there a "home field ...

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Apr

Considerations for Home Defense

Skills and Gunhandling
By Varg Freeborn
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Many misunderstand the topic of home defense. Here are a few basic concepts as Varg Freeborn sees them; Layout, Area ...

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Nov

Carry Spare Magazines for Home Defense

Accessories
By Paul Carlson
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We know that it makes sense to carry a spare magazine when it comes to armed self-defense, but home-defense can ...

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Sep

GC-069 Home Defense

Insights
By Daniel Shaw
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John and Daniel discuss ensconcing in the home and give a few ideas for your plan. http://www.aresgear.com Read more ...

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