Posted on 02/15/2009 7:18:59 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
Thursday night after dinner, Patti Heare was parked on the couch, watching her favorite TV show before joining her husband, who was already in bed, fast asleep.
"I was watching Ugly Betty and I heard the door jiggle," Heare said. "I thought it was one of my children."
Instead, bold, brazen thieves were lurking outside her home. Their eyes were on the 50-inch plasma television, visible from the window.
"The next thing, it just exploded," she said, describing the impact as one of the men burst in.
Inside the home, muddy footprints were all over the cream carpet, showing the path the burglar made on his way to the flat-screen.
"Then he ran over to the TV and grabbed it," Heare said. "[He] pulled it off the shelf."
Patti sat stunned. She screamed for her husband, Mike, who woke up and went after the burglar.
"Mike ran out there and grabbed the kid through the window [of their car]," Heare said. "The two kids in the backseat said, 'Go, go, go!'"
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I haven't paid attention to Geo Trackers for a while but could you get four people and a fifty inch TV in one? I guess that they did but wouldn't it be crowded?
Those who broke into the house were not stopped by their respect for the rights of the owners. They did not give a hot damn about the rights of those in the house.
Because they refused to respect the rights of others they need to be dealt with in the cold reality of their own terms, they too have no right to live, because in cold reality there is no rights. They need to be exterminated on the spot. Then we can get back in our make believe world of respecting each others rights.
Can you picture my 5 dogs protecting me?
Problem is, Obama and his administration side with criminals. Get your means of defense soon.
14 rounds of .45 ACP into my front door till the “breaking in” noise stops should do the trick. Then I’ll go outside with the Swiffer to see if he/she made a mess.
“14 rounds of .45 ACP into my front door till the “breaking in” noise stops should do the trick”
Serious question for you. Would doing this stand up in court? In some states but not all? In some cities but not all? Or would the homeowner be charged with “murder” for protecting his property?
Yeah, going unarmed after a car full of house invaders is very impressive to the wife, but damn stupid.
Most house deadbolts are impressive looking, but the 3/4" screws that attach them to a 3/4" piece of molding aren't. Those suckers have to be screwed into the framing, and even then, they won't hold out an invasion group very long. Just long enough to grab your favorite noise maker.
Stuffing a 50” plasma TV in a car? Where? How?
Most excellent point
But 3 in deck screws into a double 2x4 frame, with an extended length bolt and a industrial steel fire door will slow them down.
And the doors now come in nice colors and some with small “decrative” windows.
This will become more common as time and the “Depression” go on - this IS NOT your Daddy’s (or Granddad’s) Depression.
My wife received a new “Lemon Squeezer” for Valentine's Day—as in a Model 40 S&W J-frame wheelgun—to go with her CHP. Just “a little something” that she can carry with her ALWAYS. ;)
Personally, I think the shottie is the much better way to go, as you do not go broke buying holsters for it. lol
There will be more and more of these home invasions and they will get more and more violent as this stumblemess disaster unfolds. A variation on the home invasion has become a real problem in apartment complexes and closely-packed subdivisions, where the perps case the place and map out who goes to work when. They target especially the professional-types who have their hands full with the briefcase, laptop, talking on the phone, texting, etc. They roll up and swarm them just as or right after they get into their cars. These guys are highly organized and know what they are doing. They target the complacent and oblivious sheep with the best toys.
Yep. Wait until summer's heat and all that comes with it arrives.
Serious question for you. Would doing this stand up in court? In some states but not all? In some cities but not all? Or would the homeowner be charged with “murder” for protecting his property?
I suppose, even in the People's Republic of Jersey, this would pass legal muster if there were no other means of escape for the homeowner. I mean what if it were a 10 floor walkup in Newark? What are you going to do? Jump out the window, and try to get on the fire escape? Doubt it. Then again, half the jury might be related to the perp. Guess you have to take your chances!
Hey! What is that? I think I need one!
Serbu Shorty.
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Thanks! :-)
LOL!
With the economy going south I predict booming business in "home invasion-proofing" one's house. This won't negate the need to own proper firepower should they get inside but making thieves work a little harder to break into a home will give the homeowner more time to arm himself and take up a defensive position.
The guys ripping off your TV most likely only come once.
Obama’s fault
Unfortunately...you can get into most homes with noting more tan a box knife, inside a couple of minutes. Ignore the doors and windows (they will be alarmed, if anything is), and make your own door beteen any two studs. Cut through the vinyl siding, cut through the foam board, yank out the insulation, cut through the sheetrock...Now meet the rotweiler, up close and personal like.
LOL.
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