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Attached is an article from TTAG and a video of a home invasion that took place in a Chicago suburb with a low crime rate. I live in a suburb about 20 minutes from this which also has a low crime rate, but we've had break ins on our block. For a while I felt as if I was being paranoid carrying at home, but feeling that way has long since passed.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/h...ks-wrong-house-in-arlington-heights-il-video/
 
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I always have my lcp ll in my pocket. Only time it leaves is bed and shower time. Also keep a giant can of pepper spray on top of my fridge. Kids know how to use it. Big digger dog helps. He's 75 lbs. And loud.
 
If you fear being broken into then you haven't done your home work. A secure home need not look like a prison. But multilayered defenses make your home undesirable to thieves. Simple things like some nice and highly decorative plants with BIG thorns below vulnerable windows. Good lighting at night just a camera or two in plain sight. There are many other very subtle ways to prevent anyone from entering your home without giving you plenty of warning.
 
Attached is an article from TTAG and a video of a home invasion that took place in a Chicago suburb with a low crime rate. I live in a suburb about 20 minutes from this which also has a low crime rate, but we've had break ins on our block. For a while I felt as if I was being paranoid carrying at home, but feeling that way has long since passed.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/h...ks-wrong-house-in-arlington-heights-il-video/
That's not far from me either. Same here, I live in a very low crime area but my next door neighbors house was robbed a few years ago. If I'm wearing jeans, I'm armed. In my pajamas, I probably don't have a gun on my body but could get one in a matter of seconds.
I think folks who can have a dog should buy one, even a little yipper will keep an eye out pretty well. A 100+ pound family "wolf" can give motivated criminals reason to change their mind.
Being prepared isn't the same as being paranoid .
 
When I’m dressed, I carry. Just part of the wardrobe. When I’m not, I have access to what I need.

And....video, dogs, locks, motion lights, etc....
 
If you fear being broken into then you haven't done your home work. A secure home need not look like a prison. But multilayered defenses make your home undesirable to thieves. Simple things like some nice and highly decorative plants with BIG thorns below vulnerable windows. Good lighting at night just a camera or two in plain sight. There are many other very subtle ways to prevent anyone from entering your home without giving you plenty of warning.

All that’s been done, but as you said houses are not, nor should they be prisons. Just to clarify, I’m not afraid but aware that these things happen and carry while at home in the unlikely event it does.
 
My house is hardened and defenses layered. 2 dogs and both wife and I carry at home.

About 2 years ago local lawn guy tried to break in. The dogs chewed him up pretty bad and the old lady let them til the cops came.
Got a rep as the house with crazy people and mean dogs.
 
If you fear being broken into then you haven't done your home work. A secure home need not look like a prison. But multilayered defenses make your home undesirable to thieves. Simple things like some nice and highly decorative plants with BIG thorns below vulnerable windows. Good lighting at night just a camera or two in plain sight. There are many other very subtle ways to prevent anyone from entering your home without giving you plenty of warning.

While I don’t disagree with those measures, at the end of the day, none of them will stop a determined home invader...hence the need to be prepared inside the house. As @Kleanbore said, fear and preparation are not the same thing. I don’t “fear” my house being broken into, but I acknowledge it is possible and I’m prepared.
 
One of the most common ideas among self-professed home defenders seems to be that a break-in will likely occur when the defender happens to be within easy reach of the proverbial "bedside table".

Another is that the incident will not be attempted before the residents are settled in and have battened down the hatches.

Neither assumption reflects realistic risk analysis.
 
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If you fear being broken into then you haven't done your home work. A secure home need not look like a prison. But multilayered defenses make your home undesirable to thieves. Simple things like some nice and highly decorative plants with BIG thorns below vulnerable windows. Good lighting at night just a camera or two in plain sight. There are many other very subtle ways to prevent anyone from entering your home without giving you plenty of warning.
AGREE !, my ranch has windows that are very high up [ about 10 feet ] and the doors were replaced with steel framed/steel doors.

Then there is the wrought iron storm doors with locks & deadbolts.

Then there are the camera's with high definition cameras 24/7.

Then as mentioned if not actually wearing my tools of S/D [ at very least a blade in pocket @ all times ] there are plenty of 'tools' [ Mace,firextinguishers ,batons,firearms ] at hand no matter where.

And for those that might question the children,there are NONE and never have been.
 
One of the most common ideas among self-professed home defenders seems to be that a break-in will likely occur when the defender happens to be within easy reach of the proverbial "bedside table".

Another is that the incident will not be attempted before the residents are settled in and have battened down the hatches.

Neither assumption reflects realistic risk analysis.
Ah , and the beat goes on. saw that coming. ;)
 
As the cliche says: Pants on, gun on. I live in a great, safe, almost-rural neighborhood with great neighbors and I have a dog that hears better than I do.

But I’m committed to EDC, and I take firearm security seriously. So if you ask me, “where’s your gun?”, I don’t have to wonder. It’s on my person and under my control. That applies to both home and away from home (of course, as the law allows).
 
Attached is an article from TTAG and a video of a home invasion ...
I live in a rural area. I am always carrying a handgun and I keep all 7 of my exterior doors locked.

If that were my house, those boys would have had to move along down the street to ply their evil as I do not unlock & open my door for any stranger, especially not one (or more) in a mask, coronavirus precautions be damned.
 
Every year, Ohio police officer Greg Ellifritz (activeresponsetraining.net) has a post whose title begins with "Lock Your Damn Doors". In the community he serves, most thefts from homes and vehicles come from ones that aren't locked. In the 2019 post, he says that, in years past, the culprits were usually neighborhood kids. Now, they are adult drug addicts. The kids weren't dangerous; the addicts are.

Keep your doors locked and windows up when you are driving. Even if a carjacker is prepared to break a window, he will try the door handle first. The brief delay, while he adjusts his game plan after finding it locked, gives you an opportunity to react defensively. Driving away should be your first choice.

Active Self Protection on YouTube has several surveillance videos of armed robberies that occurred as the victims were getting out their vehicles after arriving home. The videos are foreign in origin (mostly from Brazil) so I don't know if this is a significant problem here.

Every state has castle doctrine. Even if retreat from a confrontation is required when you are out in public, it's not required at home. There, you can stand your ground. Depending on the state, castle doctrine may also apply to your business, to curtilage which is other parts of your property that you use routinely (e.g. the garage), and to your vehicle when you are inside it. Some states go further with the presumption that an unlawful intruder poses a deadly threat to the occupants of the home. It makes a claim of self defense easier to substantiate. To distinguish between criminals and innocent trespassers (e.g. a meter reader), the intruder must have broken in. If all your doors and windows are locked, an intruder cannot get in without leaving evidence that invokes the presumption.
 
If you fear being broken into then you haven't done your home work. A secure home need not look like a prison. But multilayered defenses make your home undesirable to thieves. Simple things like some nice and highly decorative plants with BIG thorns below vulnerable windows. Good lighting at night just a camera or two in plain sight. There are many other very subtle ways to prevent anyone from entering your home without giving you plenty of warning.

Locks keep honest people honest.

Cameras don't prevent anything. They are there so the cops have pictures of who they are looking for.

Alarms remind burglars they need to hurry up and get gone.

Your hope is that this stuff diverts the bad guys to easier targets, but don't think that any of it will really keep anyone out if they want in bad enough.
 
Locks keep honest people honest.

Cameras don't prevent anything. They are there so the cops have pictures of who they are looking for.

Alarms remind burglars they need to hurry up and get gone.

Your hope is that this stuff diverts the bad guys to easier targets, but don't think that any of it will really keep anyone out if they want in bad enough.
Almost accurate.

I am sitting at the p.c. with the cameras on in front of me.

Covers inside garage,all 4 sides of house,and ALL windows as well as alley behind property.

I dare say that the clowns that tried that same ploy at my house would not even get me to open the door.

And being armed and trained,I see them as a sad story in a very sad place.
 
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