My house was broken into tonight

[The patriot]

They didnt get anything!!!! Motion detector on the alarm must have scared the - - - - out of them.

I had the cops out, but there aint much they could do till Monday, at which they will dust for prints.

Stuff like this really pi$$es you off.

Yet another reason to get out of NJ.

Eric

 

[Bigsaint]

Sorry to hear, Eric . Glad they didn't get anything. They are waiting 'till Monday ??? Did they try running a dog or check with neighbors for any suspicious activity ?



We are having more than our share lately, mostly herion addicts



Scott W.

 

[illflem]

You won't escape by getting out of NJ. There was a group busted here in the boonies of Montana a couple weeks ago that were pulling into folks drives with a rented U-Haul and loading up while the owners were gone. Had been going on for a couple months before they were caught.

 

[Skydiver]

Feeling violated.

Its a real bad feeling to have some sh$+A$$ who is and probably never will have any concept of knowing what feeling like a respectful man will ever be like,to break into your kingdom.

In August 1982 my X woke me at 3 am saying" someone is in here". I was 22 years old at the time. Grabbed the model 94 30-30 from under the bed,cocked it,almost broke my toe going around the bed,FIRED into pitch black. I missed the ****can-american and took a brick out of the fireplace.

He was caught 2 weeks later breaking into an old ladys house around the corner. Thank GOD.

I don't sleep in a dark house any more.

It took me 3 years to get over that trauma.

Tim

 

[Motorhead]

Patriot, at least you have an alarm. It is ashamed that this type of thing is everywhere... even where illflem lives. Makes you want to put a sign up in front of the house. . "Protected by Smith and Wesson and Doberman" I had two Dobies for along time and two years after the "Boy"died ,some cops came by and asked if I still had my dog.

 

[Pit Bull]

Don't move get a dog, Pit Bull, German Shepard, Etc.

 

[EMDDIESEL]

Cool idea, expensive, but worth it. Buy a house in a bad area, fix it up and make it look really nice, put expensive stuff in plain view form the windows.

Then, put cameras all over the house. Get 3 or 4 emotionally disturbed Wolverines and dont feed them for a week or so and leave them loose in the house. All you have to do now is wait for someone to break in and you have a great video that you could sell on the internet. I am sure even Pay Per View would be an option too.

 

[Doubleclutch]

EMD-

We have 3 great danes... who can sleep through just about anything, so we leave the lights out. Anybody tripping over Max in the dark will leave a big mess on the carpet. It's the pits that these measures have to be taken to protect you and your hard-earned property. Sorry to hear about the above experiences. Greg

 

[The patriot]

Scott, we just went to the store for a loaf of bread, we werent gone more than 1/2 hour.

Funny thing is, when we were leaving, my wife and I saw a low life type drive by. He turned his head to stare at us.

I said to my wife "he looks guilty... . follow him. " After a block or two, she turned off to get our bread. I wanted to follow him to the main road, but I didnt want to seem paranoid, so when she took the turn, I said nothing.

All my neighbors were out, so even though the dog most likley making a racket, there was nobody to talk to.

Bill, I'm really shocked this would happen there. Montana is a big state, and if the homeowner shot the burguler, they could easily lose the body on the way to the police station. :-laf :-laf

Skydiver, just last month a couple was watching TV late at night. They turned the tv off to go to bed, and the wife thought she saw a shilouette in the front door glass. (they have one of those oval glass front doors) Well, the shadow was IN THE HOUSE!!!

Joe purp must have broke in while they were watching a movie.

The husband picked up something and threw it at him. Mr robber got out of dodge at that point.

Motorhead and Pitbull, I thought about getting an agressive dog in the past, guess it's time to re think this. This would be my 3rd dog.

EMD sounds like a moneymaker.

Doublecluch, my dog sleeps like a log too. I can sneak up on her pretty good. It makes me feel like an indian.

Eric

 

[illflem]

Eric, I didn't want to rub it in by mentioning the rip-off gang was from NY. Pretty easy pickings out in the boonies where neighbors are far apart.

 

[Doc Tinker]

Now you know why my house is full of stuff from garage sales and the thrift stores. Nobody's going to bother with TVs that quit working after 30 minutes and chairs that smell like cat pee.



Doc

 

[EMDDIESEL]

Cat pee is great for repelling people. Nasty stuff.

 

[illflem]

Wonder if there's a market for cat pee, a new get rich scheme.

When I used to keep bees we used a product called Bee-Go, made the bees temporarily leave the hive so you could remove the honey without bees. The best description of the smell was overwhelming baby barf. I lived up a winding road into the mountains that had what we called "drinkers corner", where the kids partied and threw bottles, etc. A quart of Bee-Go kept the kids away for two months per application. Cat pee might work equally well.

 

[jwdeeming]

Going Rural Doesn't Help

How about getting targeted BECAUSE you live out in the rural areas?



We got hit by a couple meth addicts who were driving around stealing mail. In retrospect, it seems kind of dumb on our part - put a mortgage payment in the mailbox and then raise a flag to let everybody know it's there.



Point is, the sheriff told us they LIKE rural areas because there aren't a lot of eyes around, and the mailboxes tend to be clustered for shared driveways. One stop nets them lots of mail. So we don't to THAT any more.



These were repeat offenders who had just been released less than two months prior. I got three of the checks back from the credit union. The signature of course looked nothing like ours, but the job they did of getting rid of the original ink and writing it to themselves was impressive.



I have two big dogs, more guns than I care to itemize here, and one very nosy neighbor - we still got hit. Stuff happens...

 

[TPilaske]

a twelve gauge cocking in a dead silent house should be enough to get anything running... . if not... . that boy ain't right in the head!

 

[Todd T]

A twelve guage cocking just tells the thieves you only have two shots.



I'd rather sneak up on them with three



I always tell my wife, "put one in the ceiling and the rest in the person"



gald you are OK Eric. just think, if they had stolen your KDP jig that would mean 13,000+ angry Rammers haunting them the rest of their lives

 

[RustyJC]

Originally posted by Todd T

A twelve guage cocking just tells the thieves you only have two shots.

Huh????? When starting from an empty chamber, I have 4 rounds available with the factory magazine (Remington 870 Express Magnum 12ga).



Rusty

 

[Shovelhead]

Originally posted by Todd T

A twelve guage cocking just tells the thieves you only have two shots.

My Mossburg 500 gives me 5 in the tube, 1 in the pipe, and 4 in the Speed-Feed stock.

After I removed the factory plug of course.

So if Bad Guy counts to two and thinks he's in the clear... ..... BOY is HE in for a surprize. :--)

 

[KPhillips]

Originally posted by Todd T





I always tell my wife, "put one in the ceiling and the rest in the person"

I told my wife just the opposite, if you shoot, shoot to kill, take em out by shooting right in the trunk (main part) of the body, don't try to wound them or take hard shots like the head, shoot, pump, shoot, pump and so on... .



sorry if that sounds bad, evil or whatever, but in my opinion if your shooting it should be to kill (its life or death if your shooting), and I want my wife to be the victor no matter what it takes,,,shes got herself to think about plus our daughter,,,,



theres no asking questions or warnings etc. in my house, you break in, your taking your own life into your hands (now of course there may be exceptions to this, all situations differ)... if you give warnings (other than my gun cocking), your giving them a chance to do you first... and there are some truly bad and evil people out there that would as soon shoot in your sleep than look at you,,,,,if someone is in my house I assume the worst.....





Ok, end rant, I'm sorry for your attempted burglary, I agree with the dog idea, a good dog will do wonders, most crooks will not even look at houses with dogs,,,,



kerryp

bastrop, tx

 

[Sregorb]

Past advice I've gotten

I had a LEO friend tell me after the shooting's stopped and the officers respond the smartest thing you can do is say "I feared for my life, I want a lawyer. " and exercise the right to remain silent for everything afterwards.

The feared for life item establishes self-defense and the lawyer will shield you from incriminating yourself should the perp only be wounded/live thru it/escape and try to sue you. Like claiming entrapment because you have nice items in view of windows... . geez. This makes it so no official statements or 'slip of the tongues' to come back to haunt or get used against you in court. This also significantly reduces chances that the home-owner will get charged by 'problematic district attorneys'.



Brian