Household Items You Can Use as Self-Defense Weapons
There are many things I hope for. I hope that an intruder will never enter your house, especially when you are home. I also hope that if an intruder does enter your home when you are there that you have a fully loaded gun handy to protect yourself and your family.
And I hope that if an intruder does enter your house when you are home and you don’t have a gun handy, that you will remember this article about common household items you can use as weapons if necessary.
The most effective self-defense weapon you can find among your common household items are ones that can be used from both long and short range. Two examples are a can of wasp spray and a fire extinguisher.
Either way, aim for the face. And while the intruder is blinded by whatever you’ve sprayed at him, the fire extinguisher makes for a nice blunt instrument with which to render him unconscious.
If you find yourself in close proximity to the intruder, use whatever is handy to stab at him. Hopefully this will be a large kitchen knife, but grab whatever you can, including a smaller sharp knife, a screwdriver or even a pen. Aim for the neck, chest or groin… whichever might be most exposed.
If there is no spray or sharp object in easy reach as an intruder approaches, grab whatever you can. This might be a table lamp, a folding chair or even a boot. You probably won’t disable an intruder with any of those objects, but you might delay him just enough to enable you to run out the back door.
You may find yourself in the kitchen when an intruder enters your home, in which case you’ve probably got a nice arsenal from which to choose. Pots, pans, glasses, dishes, canned goods and the previously mentioned knives could all serve to slow down an intruder enough to allow you to escape.
If you’re in the garage, maybe there’s a baseball bat, rake, shovel, hoe, hammer or can of paint you could grab in a hurry and use to counterattack the intruder.
When an intruder enters your home, you don’t know what he’s up to. But you have to assume the absolute worst. You have to assume that he will rape, torture or kill if given the chance. Defend yourself first – with whatever you can find – and ask questions later. This strategy could save your life.
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A REALLY BRIGHT flashlight beam aimed right at the eyes of the intruder can be disabling and make time for you to access your spray, fire extinguisher, firearm, or whatever.
Great idea, Catherine. If your flashlight is closer to you than a weapon, that’s a way to throw him off guard until you can grab what you want to us.
Pepper spray and chili powder are the best self products available at home. Everyone should carry these products to save themselves from the thieves and other criminals.
Very good article! I’m always on guard while I’m home because once when we had our house up for sale we got a couple of suspicious characters prowling around outside the house. Another person came banging on the door demanding I let him in. The door happened to have glass panes in the upper part so I was concerned he’d break the glass to get in. I kept telling him to go away and that I wasn’t going to let him in, but he kept on with his rant. He was obviously mentally deranged and so I told him I was going to call the sheriff if he didn’t leave. As soon as he saw me through the glass picking up the phone, he dashed back to his car and backed down our driveway at top speed. By then I’d called the sheriff but I know they never were able to catch him. At least he didn’t break in, but if he had, I would have definitely used my gun on him, but it’s always better to have an alternative means to hopefully use before escaping such people.
One day sitting at my dining room table, a man just walked into the front door. My husband was in the kitchen next to the dining room and wasn’t visible to the man. He acted as though he had come to the wrong house & turned around and closely examined my security system control panel as he left the house. It was a wake up call to us. We are in a row of duplexes that are all alike, so it was a plausible “excuse”, but it never occurred to me until after he left that he might be an attacker.
Now we keep all the doors locked when we are home. We also set the alarm if we are not in a position to “greet” guests. We had a boy a couple of weeks after this first incidence who tried to get us to let him in claiming we knew him. I would not let him in and he finally “admitted” he was at the wrong house.
I’m not at all sure I would have been prepared to attack one of them until it was too late, because they are good at seeming harmless until they actually attack. But it was a good reminder in this post about ways to defend yourself without resorting to lethal weapons (which I do have). Getting to them when someone is already in your home is nearly impossible, though, unless you know someone is invading.
This post was a good reminder for being prepared.
Spectacular…
Such type of educative blogs and articles are very much required these days.
People are now getting alert and try to update themselves with the current situations and how to defend themselves from it.
Yes, household items can be used wisely as a self defense tool to protect ourselves in an unexpected situation…
All we need to do is to stay calm and presence of mind. Besides… One must keep some sort of non lethal weapon in terms of security.
Thanks a lot for such a valuable share!!
I have a spray container of PEPPER SPRAY on top of a
cabinet at my back door. Also, some spray cans of wasp
spray at other places. – I’ve a Smith & Wesson revolver; but do not wish to keep a loaded gun where a visiting child might get hold of it. – I’ve read that
bear repellant spray is a good deterrent. Any of it,
you have to keep it out of reach of children & they
CAN reach things in places you THINK they would not
be able to reach.
Or how about fireplace tools?
Years ago, a lady I knew woke up to find a guy looking at her. She told him if he touched her, she was going to wrap the lamp beside her bed around his neck. It was a very large lamp. Fortunately for her, the guy took off.
something should be at each entry point for you to grab, such as a baseball bat or golf club. Hairspray is good too!
I wouldn’t leave it at the entry point because the intruder could also grab as they come in but have it somewhere nearby out of sight where you know where it is so you can grab it if you need it