home defense
Guarding your residence
Home defense refers to protecting one's residence and family from intruders or threats.
The term covers both the concept and the practical measures involved—firearms kept for home defense, home defense systems, home defense strategies.
In gun culture especially, home defense often implies armed readiness: I keep a shotgun for home defense.
The phrase can also describe legal doctrines permitting force against intruders.
- deadboltsLocks requiring key turns
- alarm systemsDevices detecting unauthorized entry
- locksSecurity fastening devices
- motion detectorsDevices sensing physical activity
- fencesBoundary structures around yards
perimeter security · panic buttons · situational awareness · escape ladders · safes · neighborhood watch · emergency drills · smart locks · front door · window bars · castle doctrine · stand your ground · surveillance cameras · video doorbells · ammunition · evacuation plans · fire extinguishers · floodlights
- Militiascitizen militia, colonial militia, colonial militias, citizen army, minutemen
- gun safetygun safety, trigger discipline, safe storage, gun safe, trigger lock
- firearmsrifle, pistol, handgun, shotgun, revolver
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
- self-defensemartial arts, self-protection, karate, pepper spray, reasonable force
- militiamilitia, citizen soldier, colonial militia, citizen soldiers, state militias
home defenseoffense
Violation or umbrage
offensive operations · attack · aggression · invasion · military aggression
home defenseforeign invasion
Military entry by outsiders
overseas deployment · foreign intervention · expeditionary force · military expedition
home defensehome invasion
Unlawful entry while occupied