First off , this IS gun related .
Ok , here's the poop . Got home to find money not where I left it and my back door open . Thought the wife had grabbed the money and maybe hadn't closed the door tightly (has a hard time sometimes getting it to latch) . Nothing really seemed out of the ordinary other than that . A few things were disheveled , but have had that happen from the cats just being cats . So when the wife got home I asked her about the money and door , and she denied either . At that point we realized we were broken into . we started to look around and take stock in what was missing . The first thing I looked at was my gun collection (here's the gun related) . Everything was still there , although they broke into a safe and my briefcase (time for bigger and better) . no guns or any of my knives were taken . All they grabbed was money . They snagged all the change off of my dresser , my daughters piggybank (full) , all my silver coins (in safe) , my collection of odd coins(safe) , and a set of shot glasses .
I immediately called the police and they were at my home within 15 minutes . the consensus was that it was probably "kids" . Then this morning I found out a group of "kids" in my area just returned from a stint in "juvie" . The main concern of the officer was the guns , and if any were missing . Told him they were all there , and that I have my bound book for all the info IF any were missing .
Gotta say , the officer did as good a job as possible . Didn't seem to phase him that I was armed while he was there . Didn't do the "sit down while I look around " bit either . Very professional encounter .
i guess it's time to look over my security measures again . Funny thing is , this happened on the only day of the week that someone is not here during the day . I feel very fortunate that no guns were taken and now plan on upping my security for both the guns and the cash/coins . Actually installing video surveillance today and am going looking for a better steel door for replacement of the one that was kicked in .
All in all , although someone robbed me , I am lucky no one was here to be harmed and the things they took were mostly cash . Hopefully things pan out to catch the person/people who did this and put them where they belong .
Ok , here's the poop . Got home to find money not where I left it and my back door open . Thought the wife had grabbed the money and maybe hadn't closed the door tightly (has a hard time sometimes getting it to latch) . Nothing really seemed out of the ordinary other than that . A few things were disheveled , but have had that happen from the cats just being cats . So when the wife got home I asked her about the money and door , and she denied either . At that point we realized we were broken into . we started to look around and take stock in what was missing . The first thing I looked at was my gun collection (here's the gun related) . Everything was still there , although they broke into a safe and my briefcase (time for bigger and better) . no guns or any of my knives were taken . All they grabbed was money . They snagged all the change off of my dresser , my daughters piggybank (full) , all my silver coins (in safe) , my collection of odd coins(safe) , and a set of shot glasses .
I immediately called the police and they were at my home within 15 minutes . the consensus was that it was probably "kids" . Then this morning I found out a group of "kids" in my area just returned from a stint in "juvie" . The main concern of the officer was the guns , and if any were missing . Told him they were all there , and that I have my bound book for all the info IF any were missing .
Gotta say , the officer did as good a job as possible . Didn't seem to phase him that I was armed while he was there . Didn't do the "sit down while I look around " bit either . Very professional encounter .
i guess it's time to look over my security measures again . Funny thing is , this happened on the only day of the week that someone is not here during the day . I feel very fortunate that no guns were taken and now plan on upping my security for both the guns and the cash/coins . Actually installing video surveillance today and am going looking for a better steel door for replacement of the one that was kicked in .
All in all , although someone robbed me , I am lucky no one was here to be harmed and the things they took were mostly cash . Hopefully things pan out to catch the person/people who did this and put them where they belong .