I don't mansplain, but here's some advice.

[hlthe2b]

11. Well, that is one approach. I don't have a gun because I already know I would use it (I faced that fact

as a teenager with someone breaking in)... What I don't know (fortunately, because I managed to scare him off) is how I'd live with killing someone. No one ever talks with that after the fact, no matter how justified.

So, tactical bear spray near the front door (pepper spray on my keychain), a tactical strobe light flashlight that can be used to physically blind someone with the probes on the light face, a whistle/alarm, and my dog... Oh, a really good knowledge of anatomy directing my feet--given my years in medicine/surgery--something no male would want to experience, I can assure you.