So someone tried to break into my house

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78. Based on post #4, this probably isn't a sincere thread.

How would a gun have helped in the original situation? What you need is a more secure perimeter. A gun doesn't protect your home when you're away. It doesn't protect your home when you're asleep. It doesn't protect your home when you're at home and awake but in another room and you don't hear someone entering. I always say that for a gun to even be effective as home defense, all the stars have to be aligned - in your case you were home, you were awake, you heard the would-be burglar making noise, the burglar didn't shoot YOU when you surprised him by entering the room... that's already a lot of stars aligning, and even in that situation, what would a gun have really added? Unless you had the gun on your person, the burglar would still probably have escaped before you could get your gun. If you had the gun on your person and started to draw the gun, an armed burglar could and would shoot you before you could shoot him. IF the burglar was unarmed, and IF you had your gun at the ready, and IF the burglar was not positioned for an easy getaway, and IF you could even think straight in that situation - again, more stars aligning - I suppose you could have pulled out your gun and held the burglar till the police arrived. You and your possessions wouldn't be any safer than in the original scenario, but you'd have "caught" a bad guy.