This is quite a touchy subject I'd imagine so I was a little skeptical about posting it up.
Basically I've got my own place now, have done since August. At the time I was in a relationship and my girlfriend used to stay over quite a lot. In this day and age, anything can happen. There has been posts about people being broken into, luckily they weren't home. But what if you were, even more worrying, what if your wife/girlfriend was home alone and you had a couple of guys come in? Really doesn't bare thinking about. Even if I was on my own, its still a scary thought. Me waking up to find 2+ men in my house. 1 of me, 2 of them, not gonna end well. - I don't live in a rough area at all, but it still happens. To be honest, with my line of work it is very common for people to come back for more, as it were. I've had it before, not nice. With my company, there is a good chance I could take a contract from someone and they could teach me a lesson. I've had death threats before, so it does happen.
I have various "weapons" scattered about the house. Basically, no matter what room in the house I'm in, I'm covered. They aren't on show as its not something I want to show off. But when I first moved in, my girlfriend spotted one, said nothing then spotted another one and quizzed me about it. I told her it was for mine and her safety. She didn't see it like that, she thought I was being silly. Then the other day, a friend of mine spotted one and got really funny about it. Telling me it was stupid to have such things scattered about the house.
Question is, am I wrong for wanting to protect me, friends, family, loved ones with a more "old school" approach and does anyone else here have anything like that about the house.