Is there anything lower than a thief?

[PineRidge]

Sorry for your loss. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

My father used to have one heck of a gun collection when I was but a young man. He quit telling folks about them after he got broke in for the second time. He also had a bar in his home and they would sit and drink his whiskey before they left with the guns they wanted. He was always afraid he would come home one night and be shot by some drunk with one of his own guns.

He quit having problems when he found out and started using a large, heavy gun safe.

Think the only thing that goes hand in hand with a thief is a liar.

Did I say that I was sorry for your loss?

PS I personally don't collect guns but I pity the SOAB that breaks in here, cause I do have a BIG surprize waiting. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[PineRidge]

Sorry for your loss. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

My father used to have one heck of a gun collection when I was but a young man. He quit telling folks about them after he got broke in for the second time. He also had a bar in his home and they would sit and drink his whiskey before they left with the guns they wanted. He was always afraid he would come home one night and be shot by some drunk with one of his own guns.

He quit having problems when he found out and started using a large, heavy gun safe.

Think the only thing that goes hand in hand with a thief is a liar.

Did I say that I was sorry for your loss?

PS I personally don't collect guns but I pity the SOAB that breaks in here, cause I do have a BIG surprize waiting. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[NewToy]

Rob, I hate to hear of your misfortune. The worst part of being burglarized is the feeling of being violated. The thought of having some low-life going through your things is awful. It really takes alot of moxi to break into someones house and risk getting arrested, or worse, killed. Probably some meth heads that have nothing to lose. Hopefully your insurance will at least help compensate you. At least they didn't get the tractor!

John

 

[NewToy]

Rob, I hate to hear of your misfortune. The worst part of being burglarized is the feeling of being violated. The thought of having some low-life going through your things is awful. It really takes alot of moxi to break into someones house and risk getting arrested, or worse, killed. Probably some meth heads that have nothing to lose. Hopefully your insurance will at least help compensate you. At least they didn't get the tractor!

John

 

[dubba]

Rob, I'm sorry you had to be the victim of the people that have to rape other people to get on with their own pathetic existence.

 

[dubba]

Rob, I'm sorry you had to be the victim of the people that have to rape other people to get on with their own pathetic existence.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I believe there is one thing lower than a thief. Without them stealing would become almost obsolete as a past time.

That's the person who's so in search of a good deal that they'll buy something even if they're not absolutely positive it's a legitimate deal. If there wasn't a market for the stolen goods then we'd only have to deal with people who steal for their own consumption. The vast majority of the burglaries like he just experienced involve addicts or criminals stealing and selling.

If someone broke into my house they'd find some good stuff like electronics and digital cameras that they could turn over easily. But it's in the garage that they'd make out like bandits. I have a lot of small power tools. Some of them are specialized and unusual. The kind of stuff that cost me four hundred dollars and would probably go for thirty dollars on a good day at the swap meet.

My guns are at a friends. They are there because he has a safe, a good safe. I put them there for two reasons. One of course was that my grandkids that live close to me are getting at that age where they get into things. And soon they'll be having friends with them too who might not be as educated about things. The other is one of the weapons is an original Winchester 1894 model 30 30. It was my grandfathers and then my fathers. It's now mine. It still has the finger nail polish on the barrel sight from when my grandfather's eyes started failing. My dad went eight years getting his two dear each year with one box of shells, not bad. To lose such a weapon would break my heart.

Also my neighborhood has changed. All the cute little two to four year olds are now teens. They have friends and some of their friends might not have as stable and positive homelife as I'd like for them all to have.

I believe a lot of break ins are the result of teens going through a transitional period where they're striking out for whatever reason. It's a stage hopefully they'll survive and then become good citizens like the rest of us.

Injecting a firearm into the equasion mulitiplies the potential for misadventure escalating into personal catastrophe.

I lost a Thompson Center fifty calibre along with three good pellet rifles to a break in while our home was packed for our move to Texas. Six months later the Riverside California police department informed me that they'd found the weapons. The burglar was a neighbor on the next block's son. He had broken into homes of attractive women stealing underwear. When he broke into ours he found everything in boxes waiting for me to return to move the family.

I didn't go back to California to identify and retrieve the weapons. I had already been compensated by our insurance and couldn't justify the expense.

I understand and appreciate the position of those who feel it's their home and they can do as they please with what they've got.

When it came to weapons I decided I had an obligation that goes beyond that concept. But that was my decision and everyone has to make that one on their own.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I believe there is one thing lower than a thief. Without them stealing would become almost obsolete as a past time.

That's the person who's so in search of a good deal that they'll buy something even if they're not absolutely positive it's a legitimate deal. If there wasn't a market for the stolen goods then we'd only have to deal with people who steal for their own consumption. The vast majority of the burglaries like he just experienced involve addicts or criminals stealing and selling.

If someone broke into my house they'd find some good stuff like electronics and digital cameras that they could turn over easily. But it's in the garage that they'd make out like bandits. I have a lot of small power tools. Some of them are specialized and unusual. The kind of stuff that cost me four hundred dollars and would probably go for thirty dollars on a good day at the swap meet.

My guns are at a friends. They are there because he has a safe, a good safe. I put them there for two reasons. One of course was that my grandkids that live close to me are getting at that age where they get into things. And soon they'll be having friends with them too who might not be as educated about things. The other is one of the weapons is an original Winchester 1894 model 30 30. It was my grandfathers and then my fathers. It's now mine. It still has the finger nail polish on the barrel sight from when my grandfather's eyes started failing. My dad went eight years getting his two dear each year with one box of shells, not bad. To lose such a weapon would break my heart.

Also my neighborhood has changed. All the cute little two to four year olds are now teens. They have friends and some of their friends might not have as stable and positive homelife as I'd like for them all to have.

I believe a lot of break ins are the result of teens going through a transitional period where they're striking out for whatever reason. It's a stage hopefully they'll survive and then become good citizens like the rest of us.

Injecting a firearm into the equasion mulitiplies the potential for misadventure escalating into personal catastrophe.

I lost a Thompson Center fifty calibre along with three good pellet rifles to a break in while our home was packed for our move to Texas. Six months later the Riverside California police department informed me that they'd found the weapons. The burglar was a neighbor on the next block's son. He had broken into homes of attractive women stealing underwear. When he broke into ours he found everything in boxes waiting for me to return to move the family.

I didn't go back to California to identify and retrieve the weapons. I had already been compensated by our insurance and couldn't justify the expense.

I understand and appreciate the position of those who feel it's their home and they can do as they please with what they've got.

When it came to weapons I decided I had an obligation that goes beyond that concept. But that was my decision and everyone has to make that one on their own.

 

[billbill1]

Harv, it is my undrstanding that whale poop is in fact lower. I agree with your statement, most don't steal for personnal use, they steal to sell for money and someone is buying the stuff they sell. I own a 12 gauge shotgun and a 22 rifle (that I have never fired) and they are kept in the house and the ammunition is kept away from it guns. I was afraid that my kids and now my Grandson would get curious and possibly hurt by weapons. Power tools are just as bad if left where kids can get to them. I have nothing against guns, hunting, or anything along those lines and you can keep you weapons however you want to, locked in a safe would seem the best to me though.

 

[billbill1]

Harv, it is my undrstanding that whale poop is in fact lower. I agree with your statement, most don't steal for personnal use, they steal to sell for money and someone is buying the stuff they sell. I own a 12 gauge shotgun and a 22 rifle (that I have never fired) and they are kept in the house and the ammunition is kept away from it guns. I was afraid that my kids and now my Grandson would get curious and possibly hurt by weapons. Power tools are just as bad if left where kids can get to them. I have nothing against guns, hunting, or anything along those lines and you can keep you weapons however you want to, locked in a safe would seem the best to me though.