Sterile Climbing Into Bed; Potent Going Down the Stairs
Monty:
Last night at 2:30 a.m., my ADT burglar alarm sounded. Heather jumps out of bed, freaking out, and sends me downstairs in my underwear to check it out.
I don't own a gun. I don't have a baseball bat in my bedroom. I have nothing that could even repel the smell of the burglar. Heather won't give me the "panic button" alarm remote (supposedly, you push it and cops in droves coming screaching to your house), so she can push it when the band of criminals makes it past my first assault.
Do I turn on lights as I go (giving the perp notice as I enter each room) or leave them dark and rely on my sixth sense? I go downstairs and the back door is standing wide open. Man, at that moment, why the hell don't I have a glauck in my hand?
Ultimately, we determined that, most likely, we probably didn't make sure the latch caught on the door before we went to bed and the wind blew it open. But, I can't be sure.....
Who owns a gun? I had this conversation with one of my west-side large-acreage owning clients, who have more guns than Koresh. They've devised a two-prong battle attack in such a circumstance.
I want to get one, but everytime I bring it up I get the "kids'll get it" argument. Anyone?
posted by UCLaw98 @ 10:45 AM
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3 Comments:
I agree with Ewald. The odds are certainly against a home invasion. Well over 95% of buglaries are for property only. If someone is there they take off. And if someone is hurt in a home invasion it is usually a drug dealer robbing a drug dealer. I also have ADT. It is nice peace of mind. The odds of your house getting broke into while you are home are pretty small. The odds of someone continuing to rob your home with a hundred and thirty-five decibel alarm going off are even slimmer. Get a bat for under the bed. Guns are just asking for trouble.
Todd-Don't you have a keypad near your master bedroom? We have the main keypad downstairs and then a second wireless one near our bedroom door. If you hit * and # together it sends off the panic signal.
What you need is some cheap immigrant labor security guards. Back in the day the Italians offered this kind of protection, but you can probably get away with the cheaper and more lethal Chinese or Jamacian variety.
-moose
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