Re: home security

On Jul 27, 10:54 am, "R.M.R." <para.nine...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
# I hear a lot of good advice on security, weaponry, aiming, planning
# and practice but how does one practice for a home invasion in the dead
# of night.

Years
# ago one night in a northern city I had a guy come through my window
# only to practically step on my head in the process

# I'm not trying to make lite of this, actually quite the contrary only
# because last December a close friend of mine was killed in a home
# invasion simply because they (three) came in so fast through two
# entrances


The best planning is still in trying to keep them out. Police will
tell you most breakins occur in areas of low visibility, and/or poor
security (ie. cheap locks, poor doors, etc.).
Before I spend too much on guns, I would and have spent $$ on my
"fortress". Mainly because most theft still happens when the home
owners are away.
Good deadbolts, security lighting if possible (I have seen people
install these inside their homes at stair entrances etc), bars on
windows or at least certain windows, etc.

True I have seen criminals take chain saws to doors, or use their
vehicle to push in a garage door to get inside. That sound would give
me enough time to reach the nightstand.

Security doesn't always have to cost thousands either.
A neighbor who's barn and sheds were a yearly target for thieves, put
in a 1960's era school fire alarm bell, and rigged it up to go off
when one door was opened. Cost him about $20 to install. You could
hear that thing go off for miles. There was tools and implements
scattered for yards. It must have scared the crap out of those guys.
They haven't been back since, but that is no reason for him to get
complacent of course. Doubt it would work twice, but still, their is
still something about a loud ass bell alarm, that just makes you want
to run, even if you are just a bystander. Much more effective to me
than just a blinking red LED. Im seriously thinking about installing
something similiar to the house, to supplement my security.

Im a strong believer in having some plan in place, however futile it
may seem at 2am, for emergencys. Especially with children around. Be
it fire or home breakin, tornado etc. Just simply having a
designated room to meet in, or a escape plan, is a better plan than
nothing. Provisions could be hidden there for whatever.
You better belive I have practiced drills with my family at night. Im
serious about this. What is really neat, is kids take this stuff
seriously too. I don't want them afraid to sleep, but I do want them
to know what to do. One grabs a pluggin flashlight in the hall, one
grabs the phone next to it. ( Of course I have spares in our room, but
I found that they really really grasp on to that concept of "getting
something", and it gives them a serious purpose instead of just
running screaming down the hall).


Sadly though, some people just have a mentallity of a victim. That
sounds harsh, but its true. I believe firmly that "If its gonna
happen,... its gonna happen" types just help our criminals prosper.


Del





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