Sprintcyclist wrote on Apr 30
th, 2017 at 7:50pm:
It'ld be very fast and scary.
I have a baseball bat in the bedroom, that might buy us time till the cops come.

Good luck with that.
I had a 'home invader' a few years ago who tried to get in while knowing I was in here, and who must have known I'd called the police.
He stayed a full half hour trying to gain access to the backyard where no doubt he was intending to smash in the backdoor with no neighbours watching.
It took the police a good 45 minutes to arrive from the station that is only 5 minutes drive from my place.
Message: Under no circumstances rely on your EMERGENCY PHONE CALL SERVICE DIAL 000 to save you from a desperate situation that requires an immediate response.
Arm yourself with a gun ... a cross-bow ... a spear-fishing sling-shot ... any damned thing, and when the police finally arrive, tell them to go fack themselves.
"A large man is trying to break into my house with violent intent, could you please send some police around to my place as soon as possible?"45 minutes later these fackers arrive with donut sugar stuck around their mouths .. Useless as tits on a bull.
If I'd had a gun, I would
definitely have shot this fellow the moment he stepped into the house.
Yes, if I had a gun I'ld use it.