i don't lock my doors if i'm in my house....i don't expect anyone to enter my house uninvited, so i honestly have no idea. if i'm in my bed and someone comes into my house as an intruder, i suppose i'd take the deadliest thing i can find in my room at the time...i have a big black statue of a cloaked figure...that's all i've got...if i was able to get out of my room..i'd go for the gun cabinet at first instinct...but that's just asking for all kinds of trouble...so i'd probably use the baseball bat instead.