Posted on 08/03/2006 5:24:30 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Along with higher temperatures, summer also brings a higher number of home burglaries. Today, The Dayton Daily News reported that:
“More residential burglaries occur in July and August than at any other time of the year, according to the FBI.
That's why the New York City-based Insurance Information Institute suggests that everyone protect against "a physical or virtual break-in" during this crucial time…
The institute suggested the following tips to prevent residential burglaries:
• Keep exterior lights on at night and put indoor lights on a timer.
• Don't make it easy for crooks to break in. Slow down burglars with dead-bolted windows and doors. You could get a 2 to 5 percent discount on your home insurance policy by installing dead-bolts.
• Get a burglar alarm that will notify police and fire if your home is broken into.” But is that enough?
These are excellent suggestions that will certainly help to make your home more secure. However, even the strongest deadbolt or loudest alarm may not cause a determined or inebriated criminal to flee. In addition, an armed burglar can usually make his way up a staircase faster than police can respond to an alarm. It is for these reasons that some choose to strengthen their home defense plan by forming a strategy for protecting their family that includes a reliable firearm and the necessary training to legally and effectively use it. Minimally, this strategy should include gathering all occupants into a defendable area with a telephone, light source, and means of self defense.
Current Ohio law does not maintain a “duty to retreat” for defense against an attacker while inside one’s home. If passed, House Bill 541, known as “Stand Your Ground” legislation, will extend that notion of common sense to anywhere a citizen is legally allowed to be. Thus, parents would be capable of protecting their children from a violent attack whether they happened to be inside the home or not.
So... has your family planned for a home invasion?
I know your doorman; he drives around in a Ferrari on his days off.
Our house has so much glass, locking the doors is almost pointless.
Front door .22 auto (browning)
Bedroom 38 special (Taurus)
Jeep 38 special (charter arms)
Wife's purse 380 (bersa)
Property patrolled by 92lb Brindle pit bull
I sleep well
Maybe they could do a tent invasion.
This is what's wrong with your generation, you expect everything and don't want to have to work for it.
"You'll still be here in the morning."
Its called my Benelli M3 super 90
The most vulnerable member of your front door is not the lock side where your keyed latch and deadbolt reside but the hinged jamb that is almost never reinforced; a drop bar like they used in the old west is still a grand idea especially if it is installed with long lag screws directly into a load bearing upright on both sides.
However, that window next to it is still only glass.
I could say something about that but, well, nevermind.
Has Your Family Planned for a Home Invasion?
My family is not the type to invade homes, but if we were, I'd prefer the play it by ear approach. Simply break down the door and run amok. Steal the fridge, the stove, and whatever paperclips they have lying about.
LOL!
Perfect!
My neighbor will let me borrow his backhoe anytime I need it.Our defence plan ensures that there will be some serious digging to be done when the smoke clears.
Remind me to stop by for a visit next time I am there. :)
--> Looks over at the Marine 870....
yep good to go!
Until the dog gets really hungry.
Then I married a Registered Nurse.....
The rest is 20 years of hard learned actual experience on how to defend your home and survive.
I suppose you'd use an engine block for a battering ram, right?
It's quite effective on your hip! I consider it fair warning, and so do VA and WV. I don't carry it in DC!
Similar setup in our house. A Sig 9mm, Sig .380, and two Ruger .357 Blackhawks. The scatter guns are only loaded on the trap range.
You have got to learn to read the whole article:
It is for these reasons that some choose to strengthen their home defense plan by forming a strategy for protecting their family that includes a reliable firearm and the necessary training to legally and effectively use it. Minimally, this strategy should include gathering all occupants into a defendable area with a telephone, light source, and means of self defense.
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