45_auto
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old lady new shooter said:Around here, ringing the doorbell or knocking is a method BGs use to see if anyone's home. If no one answers, they proceed to go around the back to break in and burglarize the home. If someone answers they either make up a story designed to get the homeowner to let them in, or if they only want to take stuff from unoccupied houses they make up something else like asking where a certain address is.
Hard for me to imagine myself living in that type of environment. Why are you in that neighborhood? Do you have some strong sentimental attachment to your home that prevents you from moving? I believe that I would dump all luxuries (cable service, cell phone, etc) and sell everything beyond one gun, a cheap used car, and a few changes of clothes for my wife and I to get out of such a situation.