Home security

[Highbeam]

Good idea! That heavy door is also a fire door so that you can lock the fire downstairs while you make an exit from the upstairs windows by way of your chain ladder. A stout door at the top of a flight of stairs would be very difficult to bash in. Imagine standing there kicking up into it.

 

[1948berg]

<font color="blue">I have 16 cameras monitering my property at all times as well as 2 trained German Shepherd Dogs on duty. That is besides the fact that all of my neighbors know that I am licensed to have fully automatic firearms that I frequently shoot. Some neighbors used to call the Sherriff to report automatic gunfire at my house and high caliber rounds being fired, but the Sherriff is very well aware of what I have and how I am licensed. We have not had any issues.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. </font>

I did not know that your country was occupied by enemy forces or aliens? When did that happend? Here we were thought that USA was the land of freedom and liberty. isent it so?

 

[Highbeam]

We are free to mount cameras, own dogs, and worry about whatever we want. The owning of the described firearms is also a pretty amazing freedom.

We also realize that there are some folks out there enjoying freedom in our country that might be considered an enemy and they are sometimes a force to be concerned about. So yes, enemy forces are present. They just happen to be fellow citizens most of the time.

 

[Dargo]

We also realize that there are some folks out there enjoying freedom in our country that might be considered an enemy and they are sometimes a force to be concerned about. So yes, enemy forces are present. They just happen to be fellow citizens most of the time.

Dang it Joe, just when I want to squabble, you say something that I have to totally agree with. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif What you said is true. Our freedoms also at times allow a potential enemy to use our freedoms against us as they abuse our good nature and open house type of welcome. Basically, we just want to keep honest people honest and keep the others out or record them doing their bad deed and allow our police force to deal with them.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

<font color="blue">I did not know that your country was occupied by enemy forces or aliens? When did that happend? Here we were thought that USA was the land of freedom and liberty. isent it so? )</font>

Gunnar, I think that many of us live in isolated areas. And many of us take precautions that we hope never need to be used. For example, why do we buy insurance against tornado damage? Or floods? We do it because it is prudent to do so, eventhough most people will never have a home that is destroyed by a violent storm.

Some of us plan for 'worst case' senarios in hopes that they never occur, but know that if they do occur then at least we have some chance of reasonable response.

Most of us never are injured in a violent crime, most of us are never burglarized, most of us are never faced with situations like these, but many of us plan for the eventuality. Often times it is the planning that can be credited for the fact that we don't encounter the situation.

 

[Bird]

Gunnar, you'll find in this country everything from very elaborate security measures to almost none. I grew up in small towns; don't recall ever spending a night in a house with a locked door before I was 19 and left home. My parents never took the keys out of the ignition of the car. But as population grows, crimes increase, etc., many find it "prudent" (as Bob said) to take more security measures. After nearly 25 years as a police officer, I'd have to agree with him that it's prudent to do so. However, personally, I guess I'm at the other end of the scale; may regret it someday, but for now I do try to remember to lock the front door before I go to bed; most nights anyway. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif And I do still have a couple of loaded revolvers in the house.

 

[meledward23]

As a side note.

I place a solid security door at the top of my stairs for safety. PArt of what I left out is that I do this becuase I forget to lock the other four primary points of entry known as doors. And I usually leave the secondary points of entry open 6 months a year, also known as the windows. So with all my windows open I figured just for the peace of mind I will place a solid door between my family and the world.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Has anyone tried DATA DOTS DNA kits?

I just bought one. It is a simple kit that uses a code number to identify your items. There are tiny dots with a code number and they are 'glued' to your items with a special adhesive that glows under IR lights used by police departments.

I got my kit in the mail today and thought it might be of interest to other here given some of the recent security threads.

They make kits for firearms, ATVs, cars, household goods, etc.