I just watched a home defense video

This is going to sound like a veiled rant. I don't mean for it to be. I just watched a YouTube video I found interesting, and I want to discuss.<br><br>First of all, its sad it has to come to this, but I think we need to accept the breakout of violence across the US and be prepared to defend ourselves. I'm not advocating for violence, I'm just not going to shake my head and dismiss things are not as they are. This is the world we live in now.<br><br>I just watched a YouTube video where a man and woman walked through a home defense scenario. In this scenario they were followed though a home by an armed assailant. This first part of the video was to demonstrate how to defend yourself in your home if you were being stalked by an armed assailant. When the assailant finally "caught up" with them, they used pepper spray, shot him, ran though the house, called the police, barricaded themselves in a room, and "defended" themselves in a number of other ways. <br><br>The whole video bothered me, but I couldn't put my finger on why. Then it struck me. This wasn't a home defense video. This was a stalk and defend video. That wasn't how someone would act if they were defending themselves at home, that was how someone would act if they were being followed and decided to defend themselves. This video wasn'tfilmed in a home, it was filmed in a simulated maze that was clearly intended to mimic a mall or some other public space.<br><br>After I realized this, I watched other videos under the same search and realized they all simulated a similar "being stalked" format. There was one where a man and woman were walking down a hallway in what appeared to be an office building or hospital, and they were being "followed" by an armed assailant. Every video I watched was the same format.<br><br>Home defense isn't about being followed, its about defending yourself in your home. If your being followed in public, that's a very different scenario. I guess what I'm curious about is how common is it for home intruders to follow you around and "surprise" you? I can't imagine that's the most common way a home invasion goes down. I've heard tons of stories about intruders just shooting residents as soon as they see them. I've heard tons of stories about intruders entering homes, stealing things, and leaving without injuring anyone. I've heard tons of stories about intruders entering homes when residents are away, and just stealing everything they can grab. I've never heard a story about a home intruder sneaking up behind the residents and following them around. It just seems like a weird way to portray a home invasion.<br><br>After thinking about it for a while, I realized there is a lot of weird reasons for this portrayal. If someone breaks into a house and starts shooting the residents right away, that portrayal doesn't work on YouTube. On YouTube you can't just start blasting someone the second you see them, and its pretty unrealistic to simulate that. Also, if someone breaks into a house and starts stealing things, it doesn't really give you anything to simulate a defense for. The only thing you could really be defending against is the intruder catching you off guard and deciding to shoot you. Which leads us back to the original problem, its not possible to simulate that on YouTube. The only thing that really works for a home defense video is some sort of prolonged confrontation where the resident has time to defend themselves. I can't imagine this is the most common type of confrontation, but its the only type that can befilmed and put on YouTube.<br><br>Anyway, it just caught my attention that every single home defense video I watched was basically a stalking video. I'm not really sure how realistic that is, or how common it is for residents to be stalked though their home during a confrontation like this. I'm sure there must be some instances of this happening in the real world, but it can't be very common. I'm just curious if anyone has any thoughts on this.<br><br>Also, I'm not really criticizing these videos or the people in them. The peoplefilming these videos seem like really smart people who genuinely want to help. I'm just pointing out what I noticed, and asking if anyone else has similar thoughts or observations about this.