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A baseball bat. Keep in mind this is a last resort if you have no other option and you're cornered. A better option is to call the cops and wedge something under your very solid, hard to break bedroom door. If your bedroom door is hollow core, you should upgrade.

The equation changes if you have a family or other people in the house that are looking to you for protection.

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In the UK the law is complicated on keeping weaponry in the house, that said when I was burgled the police officer attending in the morning suggested a baseball bat to be kept with a ball therefore it is a sports accessory and not a weapon. I personally keep a 4 D-cell maglite by my bedside, y'know, in case the power goes out.

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