Many people have alarmed barriers to protect the most-valuable item of all: our loved ones, and ourselves. Mere "stuff" is often a secondary consideration.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mn01r6
Printable View
Many people have alarmed barriers to protect the most-valuable item of all: our loved ones, and ourselves. Mere "stuff" is often a secondary consideration.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mn01r6
Agreed - but I think you missed the point of my post.
Yet most homes have what a thief considers valuable, alarmed or not. My home--pre-alarmed and signed--was burglurized. It has not been since the alarm and signage was installed. Lucky? Perhaps. But it's one step in reducing the odds of a break-in.Quote:
Originally Posted by ccw9mm
As a sidenote, the involved individuals were caught, tried, and sentenced. The one responsible for repayment skipped the state afterwards to avoid the payments. Moved to Ohio and the state refused to envoke a violation of parole.
Oh? How so?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mn01r6Agreed - but I think you missed the point of my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by ccw9mmMany people have alarmed barriers to protect the most-valuable item of all: our loved ones, and ourselves. Mere "stuff" is often a secondary consideration.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mn01r6
Signs that advertise you have guns in your house and are prepared to use them to defend yourself do not increase the likelihood of burglary. Taking an analogy out of context and contradicting it out of context is missing the point of my post. Indeed, your disagreement with "nobody pays and alarm company to protect a house without valuables" does not address the point I was making. If criminals knowing you had guns in your house made you a likely target for burglary, Kennesaw, GA would be the burglary capitol of the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by ccw9mm
Can't steal them if they don't know where they are!Quote:
Originally Posted by paaiyan
No, but if they catch you unaware, they can beat the crap out of you and torture your children until you tell them where they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by sioux565
Then they can shoot you with your own guns; or if they are nice, pistol whip you into a coma.
Getting back to the original post, fence frames/cross members on the outside (public side) of the fence are perfect step ladders. If these guys are going over the tops of fences, 4 or 6-penny nails hammered into the top of each plank with 1/2" showing and the heads snipped off are a great deterrent. Keeps the birds and squirrels off, too.
Folks used to embed broken glass on fence tops at one time--until the lawsuits started flying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skippys
don't have a fence, just camera's
Yep; great..now the BG figures he better get his out too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mn01r6
Element of surprise? Helloooo..is anyone home?
What specific lawsuits would those be? I've heard rumors, but to my admittedly limited knowledge of laws outside the state of Kansas, no one has ever been able to substantiate a single one. If you have one that has resulted in a criminal or civil conviction, please let me know.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldVet
-Thanks
I have a fence and a 75 pound Boxer that's built like a MAC TRUCK...hop over the fence and think you have some cover and see what happens....once I hear him (Boxer) change his bark tone...I'm ready on the inside, 911 + Gun (Mossberg 500 home defense) and its playmate on the hip...
Which is why I highlighted the claim. Didn't seem like a nonsensical analogy, stated like that. My point was refutation of the claim, not commenting on the overall sense of the post. Even so, the whole post related to the attraction of the spot in seeking valuables. Irrespective of what was drawing the idiots to that spot, either a prior burglary's take, signage or whatever, it's hard to say there's only one rationale for having an alarmed perimeter defense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mn01r6
You guys with the signs are probably right...
After all, the thugs don't read the "No Weapons" signs at the bank, the Waffle House, or anywhere else for that matter.
They just think they're pretty pictures of guns... They cain't read any way.