Planning for home defense

Planning for Home Defense: 3 Things to Consider

*All information in this post is my opinion and gathered through my own research. Please do your own research before following any information in this post. This is for information purposes only. Also consult your doctor before taking any supplements*

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Today I want to bring up some questions and share some ideas to get you to start thinking through your personal home defense plan.
This will give you a place to start from to consider how you will protect your home and property if God forbid it becomes necessary.

This is kind of like insurance, you want it in place just in case but hope to never use it. It goes right along with our motto. Not Scared Always Prepared!!!!

Let’s dive into the 3 things to consider while planning for home defense…..

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1. Location…….

The first thing we need to consider is the location of your house and property. Are you out in the country surrounded by woods or in a skyscraper apartment in the city? Your home defense strategy will look very different depending on your location.


If you are out in the country, you may consider ways that people can get onto your property and set up ways to block those paths or set in place technology to alert you to people’s presence on your property (for example motion sensor lights). There are several great products out there for this purpose.

You don’t want a bad guy looking at your house and seeing a soft, easy target. Predators and thieves don’t want to work too hard to nab their prey. They don’t want to get themselves killed or injured.

So you want your home and family to look like a hard target. This will mean continuous-running lights at night, paired with motion sensor lights around the property.

In addition, installing security cameras can greatly enhance your home protection strategy, providing you with visual evidence of any suspicious activity and helping to deter potential burglars. Security cameras can identify criminals and assist law enforcement in making arrests.

Furthermore, in the event of a use of force encounter within or around your home, security camera footage may prove vital in justifying your actions to investigators.

The first step in your plan should always be to make your home undesirable as a target. A combination of passive and active defenses, taking into account your home’s layout, will help accomplish this goal. The mindset to be able to protect what is yours is crucial in-home defense planning.

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If you are in the city you need to consider if you need to secure a place outside of the city to go to if necessary or if you plan to hunker down where you are.

If you plan to stay you also need to consider technology to alert you to people’s presence in and around your apartment and take into consideration potential threats and your home’s layout.

Check out the article below to see how to start homesteading:

Hungarian Defence Force install barbed wire


2. Home Perimeter Security……..

Once we have considered our location we need to look at how we will secure our property. The first thing we need to look at is the entrances/exterior doors to our home or apartment.

There are tons of products out there that can be used to alert and protect against entry into these entrances.

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For example there are security systems that will ring into your local law enforcement but if the power is out or if there is mass chaos you can’t rely on someone coming to help.

There are also alarms that will alert you to someone opening the door or window that don’t connect to anything.

I personally like these because it will alert you and allow you to deal with the situation, be it a home invasion or just one of the kids opening their window. There is also many ways and products to secure and reinforce your doors and windows. These can be great for front doors and any entry door in your house.

Also checking into deadbolts and other door accessories can help keep an intruder/attacker at bay.

I plan to review some of these products in future posts. Another consideration is where your bedrooms are located.

In our specific situation our bedrooms are located on the second floor, so we have the tactical advantage of distance on our side.

It is also advisable to keep a cell phone in your bedroom because in the event of home invaders you will be able to reach a dispatcher and get help coming your way.

As gun owner’s, the last thing we want to have to do is use deadly force, but when it comes to a violent home invasion/robbery we may have to use common sense to know if we are justified in using our firearm.

It is advised to look into the different laws in your specific area, for example the Castle Law, and get legal advice if necessary.

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3. Your Neighbors…….

This kind of goes along with location but consider who your neighbors are. Will they help you in a crisis situation or become part of the problem.

We have very good neighbors around us and I know that they would help us as much as they could in any given situation and vise versa.

Neighbors can also play a crucial role in home defense by alerting both you and the police to suspicious people in the area.

Like I mentioned in a previous post called How To Start Prepping On A Budget it is a good idea to get to know your neighbors before a crisis situation arises.

It is good to do this anyway because as God says in the Bible “Love your neighbor as yourself”.

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Like I said we have been blessed with very good neighbors and we help each other out with everyday things already, so in the event of a crisis this will come naturally since we already have a relationship with them.

In Conclusion……..

This was meant to get you started thinking about what your personal protection plan will be for your family and property.

These are general things to think through and everyone’s plan will look different depending on your situation, location, and budget.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post and I hope and pray that you or I will never have to put this plan into action but just like our motto says:

NOT SCARED ALWAYS PREPARED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a book that goes way more in-depth about home defense:

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About The Author

My name is Robert, and those who know me know that I like to research and always be prepared the best I can for whatever life brings my way.  This website was born out of putting those two things together. I am married with 3 children: a dog, 2 hamsters, 3 fish, and a gecko.

There is plenty of adventures and fun situations that happen at my house. We live in a rural area and like to enjoy lots of time with our immediate and extended family. My primary job is in the medical field which can be an adventure of its own at times.

I desire this website to be a place where you can come and find products and information that will help you be prepared for whatever life throws at you.  

Thanks For Reading,
Robert


*All information in this post is my opinion and gathered through my own research. Please do your own research before following any information in this post. This is for information purposes only. Also consult your doctor before taking any supplements*

**This post contains affiliate links. I receive a commission from any purchases that are made. This in no way changes the price for you. I am paid directly from the manufacturer.**

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