we can't on one hand claim our country is over-ridden with palin-masturbating preppers, and then say teh crazy can't be part of a deranged home invaders, too. especially fellow preppers who've fallen behind & "go shopping" at a neighbor's w/ an apocolyptic mindsetThis isn't CoD where there's a running shootout and home invaders try to dodge bullets all the way up to you so that they can kill you with a knife.
a blank (if even they're available) is less than lethal, but will still jack you up at close range (ask jason lee). make it a bean bag round, or some other riot-specific roundAs a matter of fact I think that if I ever got a gun for home defense it'd be a pump action tactical shotgun with a blank as the first round. I can't imagine what a PITA it'd be repairing 00 buck rounds ripping through all of my interior walls...