Lena B Katz wrote:
>>>
>>> Smokebombs do. Sound grenades do. Explosives do. There are many
>>> defensive weapons; just as there are many offensive weapons.
>>

And possession of such explosive devices is a felony. I'd rather take
my chances with a perfectly legal carbine or shotgun. If I lived in
Great Britain, where all weapons are illegal anyway, I might entertain
the idea of grenades.

>>
>> You are watching too many movies. The things you've mentioned would be
>> absurd options for civilian self defense.
>
>
> Not at all. So you're telling me you've got a better solution to twelve
> year olds on motorcycles with assault rifles shooting your family?
> (here's a hint-- think "caltrops").
>

Where are these 12 year olds getting fully-automatic machine guns?
That's what an assault rifle* technically is; a machine gun with
selective fire (switchable between full automatic and semi automatic)
chambered for a low-powered rifle cartridge -- but more powerful than
the hot pistol cartidges used by a submachine gun.

>
> No thief wants to meet someone in the house. Bothering them is asking
> for a panicked person.

It depends who has "the drop" on whom. And how did we transition from
attempted rape to robbery to burglary? Rape and robbery are violent
crimes and burglary is not. You switched the perp from a rapist or
robber to a thief in order to paint the homeowner defending his/her
family as the aggressor. Shame on you.

Best regards,
Bob

* "Assault weapon" is a media hype term for a gun that looks
particularly evil; especially if it rather looks like an assault rifle.
It doesn't really have a technical definition, but is supposed to
conjure up a terrifying image of a light-weight machine gun firing
full-powered rifle cartridges with armor-piercing bullets. In fact,
most of these so-called "assault weapons" fire rather anemic rifle
cartridges or are chambered for pistol cartridges. In some states they
are legal for hunting deer, and in some states they are not powerful
enough to legally hunt any big game.