First of all the weak spot for most doors is not the door, but the lock. One good kick and the door jamb shatters and the door flies open. Most door frames are wood so most people have an inch of pine keeping the door closed. I was recently robbed and the door was fine, as was the lock. The inch of wood was laying about 8 feet inside my house and that little metal security bar that allows you to open the door a few inches to talk to people, well that shattered as well.
As to whether your door, brick, concrete block, or wood home will stop bullets. No it won’t. It takes about a quarter inch of steel to stop a lower caliber bullet.
There are plenty of video’s on youtube which demonstrate this. Every caliber from a handguns .38, 9mm, .45acp, and rifles 5.56, .308 and 7.62 will penetrate into the home through wood, brick, or concrete block. Not just through the exterior wall but into the home and interior rooms. generally stopping at the second exterior wall. The rifle rounds will generally go all the way through the home although the 5.56 tend to fragment and have less overall penetration.
I know that and I have a heavy duty Buddybar under the door knob that prevents the door being kicked open. Most of these bars are light and cheap, but this one is made like a tank. The door won't be kicked open without a bunch of trying. A person would have to kick and kick and kick and I would hear that. I also put a vibration door stop under the door and it screams if that door moves any at all.
An FBI report says most burglars get in by kicking open the door. When I read that, I looked for this heavy duty bar and bought it.
My house is brick.
I know that and I have a heavy duty Buddybar under the door knob that prevents the door being kicked open. Most of these bars are light and cheap, but this one is made like a tank. The door won't be kicked open without a bunch of trying. A person would have to kick and kick and kick and I would hear that. I also put a vibration door stop under the door and it screams if that door moves any at all.
An FBI report says most burglars get in by kicking open the door. When I read that, I looked for this heavy duty bar and bought it.
My house is brick.