Yeah, felons don't generally get access to those, and if it's the cops, they're coming in no matter what. Adjust your tinfoil hat and hunker down . . .
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Yeah, felons don't generally get access to those, and if it's the cops, they're coming in no matter what. Adjust your tinfoil hat and hunker down . . .
Everyone's situation is different, but their is no harm in taking reasonable precautions. Something else that I think is mostly true: "Nothing good ever happens after midnight!"
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This has alternately made me laugh and take pause at the wide range of responses.
However..........
I will say this: EVERY home invasion, breaking & entering, burglar shot by homeowner/tenant, homeowner/tenant shot by burglar/intruder, etc has ALWAYS started the same way:
"someone was knocking at the door"
You can interpret that anyway you like.
And, yes I have investigated a lot.
However..........
I will say this: EVERY home invasion, breaking & entering, burglar shot by homeowner/tenant, homeowner/tenant shot by burglar/intruder, etc has ALWAYS started the same way:
"someone was knocking at the door"
You can interpret that anyway you like.
And, yes I have investigated a lot.
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When the doorbell rings and Nobody I know has called and said They were coming over I just say 'wait a second' and drop the bolt on My A-5. Only because it's louder than an 1100. Only thing I do differently now is when I let the dog out before bed. I actually carry the A-5. It seems the new approach to home invasions is to watch a neighborhood for days and see who lets the dog out. They hide close and follow you back in. Be careful out there!
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In my younger days some of my fondest memories happened after midnight...
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And maybe some is about the dwelling too. Most of the front of my home is windows, including windows encased on both sides of the front door. It's no secret who is walking up or at the door or what vehicle like a large brown delivery van with UPS written on it is out front in the street... or proud parents waiting on the walkway observing their little darling at my front door selling me cookies.
That type of environment is a lot different than living in an blind box like in the video where maybe all all the person has is a small peephole in the door which may reveal little about who is at the door and no view outside of anything else. I can understand a person being more cautious of that which they cannot see.
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You realize that you are vulnerable while fumbling with your keys to re-enter your home and also that if someone is going to stop you from closing the door, this risk still exists when you re-enter the home. At some point don't you just have to declare that you do or do not control the ground and act accordingly. This means changing the landscape to eliminate blindspots, changing your demeanor to eliminate any perceived weakness and varying your routine to eliminate predictability.
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Some day, when you are out walking with your 20# of guns, you are going to slip and fall into a mud hole and drown. The mourners will say, "But his guns were are all custom(by him) and the ammo too!" Some smart aleck in the back will say, "And they were all heavy!" And that's no thinly veiled advertisement!
What I don't get is all the different calibers of weapons. If it's all custom(by you), then why not a custom .500 lever action? Or were you trying to write your phone number into the story as well?
Buffalo Springfield was right.
Indeed, pay attention at 1:53
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This is exactly what I argued before my last divorce about my lady on the side--but it did not fly with my Ex. I hope you have better luck.
I took less stuff away to college when I first went . . .
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THERE'S NO CRIME HERE! UNTIL THERE IS.
Like a bear attack, you don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than the guy you are with. DITTO your home, the softer target/more value potential appearing will be more likely to get hit. I grew up in such a house. Easy for anyone to park & come & go at almost any hour without raising suspicion. Once in/on the property nobody on the outside could see them. the time they got us was at night with 2 dogs (one poisoned, the other shut in the laundry room) and 5 adults there.I used to sleep with my ground floor windows open and woke to people creeping by twice, that I know of. One late night I opened the basement curtains to find a guy with a screw driver under the glass door, another was an attempted push in type with my mother (the dog handled that one, and another 2 neighbors got hit the same night as us. My buddy a short 1/4 mile away never locked their doors & never got hit, or attempted, as far as they know. SO just cuz it hasn't happened SO FAR is no reason to believe it never will.
Like a bear attack, you don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than the guy you are with. DITTO your home, the softer target/more value potential appearing will be more likely to get hit. I grew up in such a house. Easy for anyone to park & come & go at almost any hour without raising suspicion. Once in/on the property nobody on the outside could see them. the time they got us was at night with 2 dogs (one poisoned, the other shut in the laundry room) and 5 adults there.I used to sleep with my ground floor windows open and woke to people creeping by twice, that I know of. One late night I opened the basement curtains to find a guy with a screw driver under the glass door, another was an attempted push in type with my mother (the dog handled that one, and another 2 neighbors got hit the same night as us. My buddy a short 1/4 mile away never locked their doors & never got hit, or attempted, as far as they know. SO just cuz it hasn't happened SO FAR is no reason to believe it never will.
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^^ what he said!
I would go nuts living like that. I don't leave all my doors open, etc.; but I also don't cower when someone's at the door. "Situation awareness" I get, paranoia, I don't.
I have anxiety issues. Everyone does these things differently (as you can see in this thread), there may be problems in the plans and I am sure some things I do are stupid, unnecessary and/or paranoid. But it is just what I do.
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I do not do anything in life because of the odds involved. I try to prepare for the possibility of something that might happen.
There is no way a person can come to my front door after dark. If they do, they have gone to great lengths to be there. My front door is set up so that when there is a question about who might be there, they are in a crossfire from 2 sharp angles. We can see them, but they can't see us. We have plans in place for these sorts of things.
After reading all the posts, it seems that I am still the only one who has been the victim of a home invasion. I was successful, they were not.
I will promise each of you one thing, IF it happens to YOU, you will have a whole new respect for having plans in place.
It's up to each of us whether you want to play the odds game. As for me and my folks we prepare for the possibility of it happening.
Good luck, I hope none of you ever have to face 3 home invaders at 3 AM. I have and even though we prevailed, to this day, I'm not over it. I hope I never am. Odds or possibility, make your plan and take your chances.
There is no way a person can come to my front door after dark. If they do, they have gone to great lengths to be there. My front door is set up so that when there is a question about who might be there, they are in a crossfire from 2 sharp angles. We can see them, but they can't see us. We have plans in place for these sorts of things.
After reading all the posts, it seems that I am still the only one who has been the victim of a home invasion. I was successful, they were not.
I will promise each of you one thing, IF it happens to YOU, you will have a whole new respect for having plans in place.
It's up to each of us whether you want to play the odds game. As for me and my folks we prepare for the possibility of it happening.
Good luck, I hope none of you ever have to face 3 home invaders at 3 AM. I have and even though we prevailed, to this day, I'm not over it. I hope I never am. Odds or possibility, make your plan and take your chances.
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