I kick like Jean Claude when I'm startled. I would kick them against the wall just on pure reaction, then I would grab the shower curtain and use that to restrain them, then I would get the shower curtain rod and beat them until they are fully immobilized. As long as there's not another one behind anything else, I got this.
It won't work the way you plan it to. If they got a knife, they will just stab through the curtain. Not to mention, kicking someone ain't gonna help unless you actually can do it well enough to knock them down.
Thank you, dean. You're one of my heroes, by the way. And in a perfect world you would be there to save me haha. But they're not going to have time for the knife unless they get me before I see them because I will freak the hell out and power kick them before I have even realized. (I accidently kicked my little brother across a room once when he startled me right after the lights went out in a storm.) This will buy me about .7 seconds. By that time, he/she will be wrapped in plastic receiving the wrath of my shower powers.
An adult and a child are two different things. Chances are that if they are there for the sole purpose of killing you, they would be aware of you coming towards them. The solution is to own guns. Can't stab someone from accross the room faster than they can shoot you.
If I was going that route, I'd want a tiny one though. Like a little Beretta. Or if it were possible, I'd have one like the one on Men in Black that J had.
What if I have a bigger gun?
But really, people using melee weapons can cross the room before a gunman can get a shot off. I think the even the police are allowed to shoot someone armed with a bat or knife if the assailant makes a sudden move at 21 feet or closer.
Ha, if I were breaking into your house, I'd have the safety off, gun cocked/hammer pulled back. It's all about planning. It's the smart ones you have to watch for.
I meant a larger caliber. And it's my house, I think I'd have a better chance on getting the drop on an intruder than vice versa. Especially considering the motion activated lights, NV cameras, bulldog and pitbull, guns stashed throughout the house, and the fact that I've memorized my home's layout enough to navigate blind if I had too.
It's likely that they don't know I'm here. I don't have anything in my house worth killing over. Rationally, the best time to rob is when no one is at home.
I don't have curtains. I have sliding glass doors. So by all means hide behind them, with the veritable arsenal at my disposal I think I'll survive the encounter. Though I may have to replace a door.
But really, people using melee weapons can cross the room before a gunman can get a shot off. I think the even the police are allowed to shoot someone armed with a bat or knife if the assailant makes a sudden move at 21 feet or closer.
Here, let me hold you so you, um...don't...fall down. Or something.
*canned laughter*