Unfortunate Armed Burglary

Kleanbore · Jul 8, 2020

SSN Vet said:
At night after dinner and front door unlocked.... thinking a wall (that apparently can be easily hopped) offers security.... no quick access firearm

We lived that way for decades. No more. I abhor pain, suffering, and grief.

SSN Vet said:
I would never assume that the home intruder is a "coward" and depend upon their good will for my family's security.

No, NEVER.

SSN Vet said:
We lock our doors day and night....

So do we. That's a change, too. But it is prudent.

Trunk Monkey · Jul 24, 2020

SSN Vet said:
Dogs aren't for everyone and not everyone is a good dog owner. We just lost our 12 year old Golden to cancer. He was very quiet with the most ridiculously pathetic wale of a bark. He never..... never... never... barked without cause. There was always a reason. If a car came down our drive that he was not familiar with, he barked. He never barked at cars he knew. Couldn't have asked for a better more faithful and loyal friend.

My sincere condolences

Ghost In The Fog · Aug 10, 2020

JohnKSa said:
4. I don't make my home a target. When I buy nice things, I cut the boxes up and put them in a garbage bag instead of advertising what I own by throwing away the whole box where everyone can see. I don't show off expensive possessions or wear expensive jewelry, watches, etc. I doubt any of my neighbors know I own guns--if they do, they wouldn't think of me as having lots of guns. There's no reason for anyone to believe my house would be a particularly good house to target for a home invasion.

Absolutely.
I live in the country and only few neighbors. I am over the top about not showing any reason to think I would be an easy target. I have a dumpster emptied once a week. The trash man can find out more info about you in 2 minutes than any of us want them to know.
New gun boxes, TV boxes, anything that shows value or is desirable gets cut up, put in black plastic trash bags and taken to the dumpster at work with no personal mail or other identifying info in the bags. Even my trash from reloading goes in unmarked bags to work. I work for a large construction company with a lot of job debris loaded into the dumpsters on a daily basis. There would be no way to trace any of it back to me.

el Godfather · Sep 1, 2020

Ghost In The Fog said:
Absolutely.
I live in the country and only few neighbors. I am over the top about not showing any reason to think I would be an easy target. I have a dumpster emptied once a week. The trash man can find out more info about you in 2 minutes than any of us want them to know.
New gun boxes, TV boxes, anything that shows value or is desirable gets cut up, put in black plastic trash bags and taken to the dumpster at work with no personal mail or other identifying info in the bags. Even my trash from reloading goes in unmarked bags to work. I work for a large construction company with a lot of job debris loaded into the dumpsters on a daily basis. There would be no way to trace any of it back to me.

That is very meticulous way of disposing the evidence of anything valuable that may have bought.

On the flip side what should you deliberately leave in the trash?

Ghost In The Fog · Sep 3, 2020

el Godfather said:
On the flip side what should you deliberately leave in the trash?

I like the way you think.

Unfortunate Armed Burglary

Kleanbore

Moderator

Trunk Monkey

member

Ghost In The Fog

Member

el Godfather

Member

Ghost In The Fog

Member

Similar threads