fireflyfather
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http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stor...18-year-old-man-partying/?metro&zIndex=148267
Sure, I read all the stories here on THR about various things going down in people's neighborhoods. I've had a stolen tank drive down my street (15 years ago or so), had some local crackpot point a loaded rifle at my brother's elementary school, listen to pipe bombs go off at the same school at night, etc (in a mildly expensive middle-class neighborhood!). I am no stranger to people behaving like dangerous idiots, but this is the first time it's happened in our new neighborhood.
So, yeah, we did just buy a condo in the San Diego version of redneckville, but the stories of meth-heads and psychos in the comments under the newspaper article are exaggerated. (We do have a few sheet-heads and their ilk, but it's mostly a nice neighborhood. The worst we have to deal with are a few small, slightly loud Friday night parties down the road).
So, about 3:00 this morning we hear shouting, followed soon after by sheriffs deputies telling someone to "get the F**K down on the ground" about 50 yards from our balcony (we're second floor). Figured it was a drunk driving arrest or something similar, since there is some of that around here (The main road leading to one of the Indian casinos goes right by our cross-street). Turns out some guy was running from the sheriffs after stabbing a guy over a loud music dispute.
So a tactical question and a hoplophobe wife question:
1. Tactical question: Obviously, we stayed indoors, away from windows, etc. Let the cops handle it since they were on-scene. That's a no-brainer. However, there is ONE possibility here that might have gone bad. The master bedroom window could conceivably be accessed from the roof of the communal garage building, if someone used water meters to jump the fence for the gated community we live in. It's unlikely, and all other access points are secure (iron bars, downstairs neighbor's dogs in yard, high windows, etc), but had the guy tried to evade police, the (knife-less by this point) guy could have used our window as a get-away route. Condo association won't let us put up bars, for sure, but what else can we do to discourage that sort of access?
2. Hoplophobe question: My wife is Japanese, hates guns, violence, etc, and has said that she literally would rather die than take a life to defend herself (a true pacifist in the literal sense, a part of her Buddhist upbringing ). Adamantly opposed to having firearms in the house itself (in storage nearby currently). Obviously, this is not a point of agreement between us, but it's not a deal-breaker for me. Anyone here have a successful experience negotiating this particular discussion? Familiarizing her with firearms is NOT an option. Thoughts?
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stor...18-year-old-man-partying/?metro&zIndex=148267
Sure, I read all the stories here on THR about various things going down in people's neighborhoods. I've had a stolen tank drive down my street (15 years ago or so), had some local crackpot point a loaded rifle at my brother's elementary school, listen to pipe bombs go off at the same school at night, etc (in a mildly expensive middle-class neighborhood!). I am no stranger to people behaving like dangerous idiots, but this is the first time it's happened in our new neighborhood.
So, yeah, we did just buy a condo in the San Diego version of redneckville, but the stories of meth-heads and psychos in the comments under the newspaper article are exaggerated. (We do have a few sheet-heads and their ilk, but it's mostly a nice neighborhood. The worst we have to deal with are a few small, slightly loud Friday night parties down the road).
So, about 3:00 this morning we hear shouting, followed soon after by sheriffs deputies telling someone to "get the F**K down on the ground" about 50 yards from our balcony (we're second floor). Figured it was a drunk driving arrest or something similar, since there is some of that around here (The main road leading to one of the Indian casinos goes right by our cross-street). Turns out some guy was running from the sheriffs after stabbing a guy over a loud music dispute.
So a tactical question and a hoplophobe wife question:
1. Tactical question: Obviously, we stayed indoors, away from windows, etc. Let the cops handle it since they were on-scene. That's a no-brainer. However, there is ONE possibility here that might have gone bad. The master bedroom window could conceivably be accessed from the roof of the communal garage building, if someone used water meters to jump the fence for the gated community we live in. It's unlikely, and all other access points are secure (iron bars, downstairs neighbor's dogs in yard, high windows, etc), but had the guy tried to evade police, the (knife-less by this point) guy could have used our window as a get-away route. Condo association won't let us put up bars, for sure, but what else can we do to discourage that sort of access?
2. Hoplophobe question: My wife is Japanese, hates guns, violence, etc, and has said that she literally would rather die than take a life to defend herself (a true pacifist in the literal sense, a part of her Buddhist upbringing ). Adamantly opposed to having firearms in the house itself (in storage nearby currently). Obviously, this is not a point of agreement between us, but it's not a deal-breaker for me. Anyone here have a successful experience negotiating this particular discussion? Familiarizing her with firearms is NOT an option. Thoughts?