How to Choose a Tactical Flashlight for Home Defense

While you may be a crack shot down at the range with the bright lights and nice sta­tion­ary paper tar­get, you must under­stand this…

… most shoot­ings will occur in low-light set­tings and while you (and/or your attacker) are moving.

This is impor­tant to know because I’ve been notic­ing more and more sto­ries in the news of late night home invasions.

In low-light, you have the added chal­lenge of iden­ti­fy­ing your tar­get and then mak­ing a shoot — don’t shoot decision.

(You wouldn’t want to find out that bump in the night was just your teenager sneak­ing in through the win­dow after los­ing the house key, right?)

This is where a good qual­ity tac­ti­cal flash­light comes in handy.

So what type of light do you need?

How To Choose A Tac­ti­cal Flash­light
For Home Defense

* You want some­thing super bright that uses LED bulbs. These are the best for blind­ing and dis­ori­ent­ing an attacker and the bulbs and paired with lithium bat­ter­ies, will last a long time in storage.

* Think small — like 5 or 6 inches — that can be put in your pocket; attached to your gun; or even used like a kub­otan if you’re forced into close quar­ters com­bat with­out your weapon. I like the ones with the jagged bezel around the lens for striking.

* Hide sev­eral “backup” lights around your home. You never know where you’re going to be when the lights go out or you need to grab one for fast defense in a home invasion.

* Some new flash­lights have a strobe fea­ture on them that can really dis­ori­ent an attacker… but prac­tice with it because it’s going to freak you out when you see it.

Just remem­ber, for your pri­mary tac­ti­cal light, you get what you pay for. Plan on spend­ing between $65–100 for a good one.

If you think that’s too much, con­sider the price you pay with­out hav­ing the right equip­ment when you and your fam­ily are fac­ing one or more preda­tors in a home inva­sion, intent on tor­tur­ing or killing your loved ones.

Kind of puts things into per­spec­tive, eh?

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