HOME INVASIONS REVISITED

[to9]

I have 2 little dogs that sleep on the end of my bed .They can here a mouse take a pee in the basement . Best alarm I have . My wife is armed with a lazer on a 380 and I have ny nine at the ready . Neither are locked up at night and are with us during the day . Some one wiggles a door knob I will know and they will leave with a limp or be carried from my house . My wife stays upstairs armed and ready to phone 911 if needed and I go down with the dogs in the lead . Has happened twice so far .Both times luckily false alarms ,but a good drill . We live in a small rural town with a 2 day aweek Barney Fife type patrol but we still have our problem children once in a while .

 

[cmort666]

The random, isolated invasion is just not that common here.

Where you see a lot of "random" home invasions is places like Chicago and New York where home invaders have little or no fear of armed resistance. Take Amtrak into Chicago from the east some time. The entire SE side visible from the train literally looks like a human zoo. EVERY home that can afford it has iron bars on the doors and windows, and frequently an 8' iron fence in front.

When you disarm the NON-criminals and let the real criminals out of prison (or never send them in the first place), you just turn society at large into one huge prison.

 

[to9]

Where you see a lot of "random" home invasions is places like Chicago and New York where home invaders have little or no fear of armed resistance. Take Amtrak into Chicago from the east some time. The entire SE side visible from the train literally looks like a human zoo. EVERY home that can afford it has iron bars on the doors and windows, and frequently an 8' iron fence in front.

When you disarm the NON-criminals and let the real criminals out of prison (or never send them in the first place), you just turn society at large into one huge prison.

Man you it it on the head here . If only they would listen .AMEN.

 

[cmort666]

We live in a small rural town with a 2 day aweek Barney Fife type patrol but we still have our problem children once in a while .

I've lived in a huge city (Chicago), in the suburbs of a large one (Cleveland) and several small towns. I was long ago disabused of any notion that the police were EVER going to protect me as an individual. Even where they want to, it's simply physically impossible.

When your life is in danger RIGHT NOW, you're either going to protect yourself or you're just not going to get protected at all.

 

[to9]

I've lived in a huge city (Chicago), in the suburbs of a large one (Cleveland) and several small towns. I was long ago disabused of any notion that the police were EVER going to protect me as an individual. Even where they want to, it's simply physically impossible.

When your life is in danger RIGHT NOW, you're either going to protect yourself or you're just not going to get protected at all.

Could not agree with you more . No matter where you live The LEOS can only do so much.

 

[4011]

Hope the officer at least reported the firearm stolen ???

 

[The Big D]

Please explain this.

Yes, please explain.

There is no rational thought process that I can imagine that would result in this activity not being reported. Unless, of, course, there was no actual "criminal" activity.

In fact, in many jurisdictions the "victim" officer could be charged with misprision of a felony.

Hope to hear more from you re: this, kanewpaddle.

Be safe.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Here in SC you probably could encourage an alligator to take up residence in the yard. Would make it hard to have any other pets though. Or small children.

Pigs would probably work too. They tend to be territorial and can develop a real taste for meat.

Otherwise, a few trips to the hardware store can harden a place up a bit. The DIY improvements seen on most any drug house will illustrate many relatively clever ways to do it.

 

[DeadAye]

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This crime was not reported at the request of the officer.

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Say What?
A gun was stolen, but the officer doesn't want it reported?
Cop in possession of a stolen gun?
*Something* was taken that the cop doesn't want the CJS to know he had?

Something is VERY wrong here!

 

[PA Reb]

Wow, this is truly a serious topic and its good to read all the good suggestions. Personally, besides having stratigically placed and hidden shotguns along with a revolver that's always within reach at night, I sort of like the idea of having Baer (Rottie) and Fiona (Dobie) around. I guarantee you I would know someone unwanted is around as soon as they stepped foot on my property. The intruder(s) may or may not get me but, the unwanteds will be leaving either by running or in a body bag. Either way, they will have been severely bitten and suffering from acute lead poisoning! Baer, who weighs about 130 pounds and has had his "special abilities" enforced by a professional trainer, will spring into action with one word from me or my wife and deliver devasting consequences to unwanted visitors! Fiona definitely just wants to follow Baer's lead naturally !

Moral of the story ~ Get a good dog who will, at the very least, give you adequate early warning!

 

[yaktamer]

Could be a few different reasons the officer didn't want it reported, but two come to mind:

1) The wife was assaulted, and doesn't want to relive it, etc.

2) The gun that was stolen wasn't exactly kosher, for one reason or another.

 

[mike from st pete]

Friends of Nancy and Bob Strait organize the Alert Neighbor program in their neighborhood | Tulsa World

Home invasions are terrible but this takes the ???

 

[Kanewpadle]

Say What?
A gun was stolen, but the officer doesn't want it reported?
Cop in possession of a stolen gun?
*Something* was taken that the cop doesn't want the CJS to know he had?

Something is VERY wrong here!

My bad guys. It was reported. He didn't want it reported to the MEDIA!!

 

[McBear]

Where you see a lot of "random" home invasions is places like Chicago and New York where home invaders have little or no fear of armed resistance. Take Amtrak into Chicago from the east some time. The entire SE side visible from the train literally looks like a human zoo. EVERY home that can afford it has iron bars on the doors and windows, and frequently an 8' iron fence in front.

When you disarm the NON-criminals and let the real criminals out of prison (or never send them in the first place), you just turn society at large into one huge prison.

I lived in NYC for three years and took the train often. Only in small pockets did I see the iron bar solution [also seen in LA]. In NYC it was explained to me once that the "protection" was math...literally the odds of having 10M people and "only" x number of bad guys made any given person very unlikely to have an issue. I never liked that philosophy.

On only two occasions did I have a problem. On one, our group of six [3 men, 3 women] was walking from office to hotel [a block off Times Square] at 3:am due to project requirements. Guys seemed to want our computers but backed down when they saw two knives come out from two consultants from Kentucky.

The second, a Maglite at my apartment stopped what turned out to be an escapee from a regional jail in Wappengers Falls. Not the safest solution but 4D cells and 250 pounds work pretty well.

Both were perceived quick opportunities.

 

[Doug M.]

Large irascible dogs help a lot. Even if you are asleep, etc, they alert to lots of things, and very few miscreants want to find out the hard way of that dog is as big and unfriendly as it sounds.

 

[McBear]

Large irascible dogs help a lot. Even if you are asleep, etc, they alert to lots of things, and very few miscreants want to find out the hard way of that dog is as big and unfriendly as it sounds.

I go with cats. Nothing would wake you quicker than a home invader as you hear the loud THUD as he slips and falls on his butt from stepping in the night's cat gack.

 

[chud333]

My bad guys. It was reported. He didn't want it reported to the MEDIA!!

Probably because of the razzing he would get at the office from fellow LEO's i'll bet.


chuck

 

[mrsmithfrompa]

I go with cats. Nothing would wake you quicker than a home invader as you hear the loud THUD as he slips and falls on his butt from stepping in the night's cat gack.

i am laughing my *** off because i slip on that *******s gack in the morning when i wake up. i also have a doberman that hates anything that lives. she can hear a bird landing on my garage roof 100 feet from the house and goes nuts. she is my 1st line of defense. the best locks in the world wont do a damn thing with a weak wood door jam. the ups guy wont even come to the porch to drop a package because he is afraid she will crash out the bay window, he leaves my packages on the driveway. i didnt train her to be like that and it gets annoying sometimes but i think its the most important thing you can have for a 1st alert system at a house. if they do get in, i have a shotgun and glock on my side and my wife has her carry peice on her side of the bed. they probably wont get out alive. i am sure they will be half bitten up to begin with from the dog anyways.

 

[Brian41]

My brother had a home invasion a few years ago. They broke into a slider into his bedroom and got money, Ruger Redhawk and Ruger 45 auto. My niece was in the living room and heard nothing.
Turned out to be friends of my niece that knew something was in the locked bedroom of my brother. They got turned in by an uncle who was asked to buy them ammo as they were under 21. They managed with ease to defeat the gun trigger lock and locked pistol case too.
One got prison time and other was a minor so punishment was unknown.

Moral of story is have good locks especially on sliders and often perps are those known to you.

My brother was lucky as niece wasn't hurt and he got his guns back with no damage, the cash was lost. His slider now has a bar as I too use. He had pit bulls then and they too never heard a thing.