re: Would a lever action 22 rifle make a good home defense gun?

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I don’t use a pistol in my house for fear of it going through walls.

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You should have some sort of plan and understanding of what can happen specific to your home. Obviously nothing goes to plan, but some planning is better than none. For instance, all our bedrooms are on the second floor. I've already told my wife to get the kids and go in the guest bathroom with the metal tub. Our bedroom is at the top of the stair landing and overlooks the main entrance to the house. If I had to engage with someone, I'm shooting (9mm) down and not in line with a neighbor. If they shoot up at me, it's not in the direction where my family is and if a stray goes that way, hopefully the metal tub stops anything that went through several walls.

I shoot once a week practicing from the draw. A miss is possibly someone innocent's life and I take that seriously. I live in one of the safest areas I can think of. However, I travel around Houston for work and strongly believe in carrying in general. Bad stuff happens in good places too. If I've got the guns, I've got the training, it doesn't take much more family discussion to be prepared for the extremely unlikely scenario that something takes place in my home.