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[Puzzle Piece]

I think you can get in trouble for booby trapping your home. Check with your authorities. We have many who are being criminal in our neighborhood - it's just brazen hooliganism.

[~moxie~]

When we moved my husband traveled 100 miles where his office was situated. He worked 4 to 5 days a week. And stayed in the Bay Area. He insisted that we have a security system. It is on mostly in the evening or when I am not home. My dogs can't set it off.

[Luv2Decorate]

On 6/23/2014 Love Roses said:

I think you can get in trouble for booby trapping your home. Check with your authorities. We have many who are being criminal in our neighborhood - it's just brazen hooliganism.

You can get in trouble. My brother's home was broken in to many times, the robbers were breaking a small basement window to gain entrance. He cemented large fish hooks on the inside of the window sill so when they would get cut when they slid through the broken window. A robber got cut and my brother got in trouble. The police told him to remove the fish hooks and that was the end of it. He was robbed again after that! Shortly after that, he moved.

[Luv2Decorate]

I don't think you are truly safe anywhere. If someone wants to break in, they will.

[hckynut]

On 6/23/2014 route 7 said:

I've been hearing rumors where I live about break-ins. It seems like not matter where you live nothing is safe. I take every precaution but it's a shame the way of life has changed dramatically everywhere. We all have to be on alert but what do you do to be more protected. My friends and I were thinking of ways to booby-trap our homes. Some were funny; what do you do if anything?

We live at the end of a cul-de-sac in a rural setting. It has 1 gravel road in and the same one to go out. Anyone that comes up this road far enough to our cul-de-sac has to use our driveway to turn around. Nobody can sneak up on our home and if the do? Chances of them getting out are not all that good.

I take every precaution including "packing" and if someone decides to enter our home or get on our property without identifying who they are, with proof? They will be on the business end of something they do not want to see pointing at them. Should they decide to continue without a reply? The will not leave the same way they came and more than likely will not be walking or running the other way.

It is a strange world out there now and one can never be too careful in my opinion. And I certainly will not be an easy victim for anyone be it in our home or when I am out in public.

[Marienkaefer2]

Security system.

[occasionalrain]

My neighbor has a motion light that comes on every time anyone drives by, it's annoying and stupid since it provides them with a bunch of false alarms.

[tansy]

On 6/23/2014 occasional rain said:

My neighbor has a motion light that comes on every time anyone drives by, it's annoying and stupid since it provides them with a bunch of false alarms.

How close to the street is their house? There should be a way to change the sensitivity of the lights.

[Clover29]

When the alarm guy came to install ours, he said that no one picks locks these days, and breaking windows is pretty uncommon too, because modern glass is really hard to break (not like the sugar glass they use in the movies). The number one method used by burglars to get into houses is to kick the door in. Actually, I think that's the number one method used by cops on TV cop shows too.

[Gooday]

On 6/23/2014 Luv2Decorate said:

I don't think you are truly safe anywhere. If someone wants to break in, they will.

ITA. Of course, keep your doors locked and don't sleep with your windows open at night unless bedrooms are on the 2nd floor.

If you can afford a security camera, go for it.

DH is a retired police officers so as far as "packing", if you do, you had better be prepared to use it. I personal have a healthy fear of firearms. I will never feel comfortable around them.