If you are more than three seconds away from your gun, you are unarmed. When you are unarmed and attacked by someone who is armed, your options are limited to the most dangerous type of personal defense: the hand-to-hand fight.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/blog/into-the-fray-317-fighting-off-a-home-invasion/