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Originally Posted by ETOWNCANUCK
Can of pepper spray...
at 3 am while you are full of sleep?
Not a deterant .
You are not going to hit your target,
Alarm systems, are only great if yo live next door to a police shop and even then a security company gets dispatched before the cops and the theives are usually long gone in the mean time.
If I am prepared for your pooches, Three quick shots and they are down and I have you.
A virtual puddle at the foot of your bed having sprayed the closet door with your spray.
Also in effective if I have my face covered and I am wearing safety goggles.
Life isn't a movie son and most in a fight or flight do the latter.
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The point being, that the dogs will wake me before anyone even reaches the house, so I will have at least some time to wake up and realize what is going on. The more stealthy that the thief is trying to be the more time that I will have. As to missing with pepper spray, I can pretty much fog a room, and unless you have goggles and a respirator on, it will likely still have some effect, and you will be dealing with the three dogs at the same time. As to dispatching three dogs with three quick shots, they are quick, and you would have to be a very good shot to hit three fast moving targets with three shots in poor light. Perhaps military special forces or SWAT trained people could manage this, but most home intruders likely haven't had that type of training. And with three dogs barking, any thief with a clue is going to retreat rather than continue on with the element of surprise gone, and the homeowners likely calling 911. And if he is stupid enough to try and shoot my dogs and continue into the house instead of retreating, the gunshots will give me reason to believe that myself and my family are in danger, and I will forget the pepper spray and go with a shotgun instead, take a defensive position, and aim for the head of anyone that approaches me.