Most of the neighborhood works and we don't have time to hide in the bushes with a shotgun or any other such solution.
I really don't understand the motivation of punks to do this sort of thing and, maybe if we could, we could come up with a better solution to curtail it.
Hook up an eyeball camera to your computer point it at your entryt way and record the punks.
Blow your top, and they keep coming. Ignore them - many stop. Kill them, they all stop (but then that creates other issues).
When I lived in NH one of my neighbors was being bothered like that. One night he went outside with a shotgun and fired off three rounds into the air, which brought everyone out running to see what happened. He was yelling “I CAUGHT THEM TOUCHING MY STUFF, THEY WERE RUNNING BUT I THINK I WINGED ONE.” and basically acting like a nutter. They stayed away after that.
if open carry is legal where you are, have as many people as possible carry while doing outside chores. gardening, mowing, weeding, washing the car.. whatever.
i make a visible display of owning guns, and the couple years we had hooligans, no one messed with my house or vehicles- altho they got just about everyone else on the block.
Video surveillance?
Motion detecting infrared cameras have come down significantly in price.
Hook it up to a PC or a VCR. Someone will recognize the hooligans. Once you’ve caught a few, make a very public example and the shenanigans will likely end.
I am sure must be annoying, but some uf us are dodging bullets and road rage and druggies on every corner and would love to go back to something this simple. Prehaps the Local church would be interested in starting a program for these kids before they graduate up to other problems. Mrs. easternsky
20 lb. test fishing line trip wire, old car battery, 500 pack of Black Cats.
After they change underwear, the misguided youths will likely pick another place for the next misadventure.
BFLR .....BTTT !
Perhaps the neighborhood darlings can observe you sitting on the front porch cleaning your shotgun?
Remove anything that can be thrown through your windows.....
I know it’s pathetic but it must be done till they find another neighborhood to torment.
How about neighborhood watch. Men with large flashlights patrolling the streets in pairs for a couple of hours each night.
It’s legal to shoot firearems on your property in our neck of the woods.
There’s lots of plinking at cans during this time of the year.
We don’t have a problem with hooliganism.
Where do you live?
We saw an immediate uptick in burglary and
vandalism when the school year ended. Not
much available in the summer jobs market.
Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.
Stealth 12 guage,1 round packed with coarse salt, give em about a 30 yard lead, and aim low, around their feet.
One application, they will leave the whole neighborhood alone.
Shotgun loaded with rock salt.
Neighborhood Watch.
Darn those holligans!
Motion detector lights
Forget the violence. Surveillance cameras are small and cheap these days.
If you can get a still picture of them, and you want to get some payback, make up your own wanted posters on ordinary 8.5 by 11 paper, and post them to local bulletin boards with thumbtacks.
And this is the fun part. On the poster you can say, “If you can identify this individual, contact the police, as they may be a person of interest in a burglary involving cruelty to animals, and the theft of money and pharmaceutical drugs.”
When the little buggers see that, they will about poop themselves. Knocking on doors late at night is a far cry from being wanted for several serious and highly unpopular felonies.
Even if the police do get involved, no problem. An unreported crime or crimes, with dubious if any evidence is not false reporting. You can just shrug and say there was no crime.
But that won’t stop every animal lover in town from thinking that the pranksters are cruel to animals.
Reference bump! ;-)