>>9749262>>9749259>>9749263>>9749273>>9749280>>9749282these fags are right
Melee weapons have been around a long time and have been tested and proven. You will have to think about the environment you expect this to happen in, as well. Outside getting supplies, your kitchen, the hallway? A crossbow is good for long range approaches but one shot only before someone is on top of you. So from a second/third storey window down on to someone tyring to pry open your door would be good.
A spear, or a blade fixed on to a 6 foot pole would put you out of the reach of anyone not carrying a gun, and could be thrown as a panic defense of someone say, coming in your front door or running up your staircase.
A big, fuck-off Bowie knife is extremely intimidating, and has the benefit of being a super-appropriate, effective, no-guns small arm if you know how to use it. They can be concealed under jackets for supply runs. Knife fights are bloody and you stand a good chance of dying from bleeding out, even if you do 'win.'
Put clubs/bat/hammer/pipe at every door.
Get or make body armour if you can.