Someone tried to break into my home.

ksmybuttons

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This morning we found two of our screens pulled out of the frames. Someone tried to get in. We live in an older home with double hung windows. Several years ago I went on a safety kick and we got these little metal things that hinge open and closed. They stop the windows from opening all the way when they are in place. You just open the little hinge and the window will open all the way.

Robber foiled by a little $1.00's worth of cheap metal.

Muahahahaha!
 
Thank goodness you had the foresight to install those. How skin-crawling an idea to think that someone tried to break into your place.
 
Yeah, it's the simple things you do for safety that have the biggest impact. I actually am feeling quite cocky that he ( the bad guys are "he's" right?) was foiled in his attempt!
 
First, I'm glad you didn't come to harm. But.... what would you have done if the guy hadn't been detered? The assumption here is that he was a cat burglar and when he realized he couldn't make an easy entrance, he left. Since he didn't break the window to attempt entry, we can assume this is true and he went to rob someone else.

What if he had broken in? What then? Even if the police response time to your 911 call is 2 minutes, you'd still be dead if he had lethal intent.

I'm not trying to make you uncomfortable, or freak out worrying. I am however trying to show you... you just got lucky. The guy was easily detered from your home and you didn't have to deal with the messy consequences of what would have happened if he hadn't been.

- The Curious
 
ksmybuttons said:
This morning we found two of our screens pulled out of the frames. Someone tried to get in. We live in an older home with double hung windows. Several years ago I went on a safety kick and we got these little metal things that hinge open and closed. They stop the windows from opening all the way when they are in place. You just open the little hinge and the window will open all the way.

Robber foiled by a little $1.00's worth of cheap metal.

Muahahahaha!

Good thing they didn't get in. Most of that sort are deterred by anything remotely resembling resistance (eek with the R's).
 
Most burglers aren't out to kill. If they are, there isn't much protection. Most just need a deterant. I am allergic to dogs which are the best. Other than that, I am just not that paranoid and an not going to add that kind of paranoia into my life.
 
ksmybuttons said:
This morning we found two of our screens pulled out of the frames. Someone tried to get in. We live in an older home with double hung windows. Several years ago I went on a safety kick and we got these little metal things that hinge open and closed. They stop the windows from opening all the way when they are in place. You just open the little hinge and the window will open all the way.

Robber foiled by a little $1.00's worth of cheap metal.

Muahahahaha!

We have those installed to, beacuse of my ex. I'm glad to know they work.
 
ksmybuttons said:
Most burglers aren't out to kill. If they are, there isn't much protection. Most just need a deterant. I am allergic to dogs which are the best. Other than that, I am just not that paranoid and an not going to add that kind of paranoia into my life.


I agree.. I refuse to live in fear. I refuse to sit around and worry about something that may never happen. And if it does happen I won't have any control over it anyway. So why worry?
 
ksmybuttons said:
Most burglers aren't out to kill. If they are, there isn't much protection. Most just need a deterant. I am allergic to dogs which are the best. Other than that, I am just not that paranoid and an not going to add that kind of paranoia into my life.

You are partially correct. True burglars generally avoid confrontation with the home owner. Most other criminals however do not. Someone resolute in breaking into your home will not be detered by anything short of risk to their own life. A large dog, a perilous means of entry, and looking down the barrel of a shot gun do much to "deter"

I wasn't suggesting you become paranoid. I was suggesting you take this moment to realize you were very lucky the guy was detered by glorified window latch. Unless your house is a mile long or something, from smashing the window to your bed is likely a feat that would take less than 20-30 seconds.

- The Curious
 
freakygurl said:



I agree.. I refuse to live in fear. I refuse to sit around and worry about something that may never happen. And if it does happen I won't have any control over it anyway. So why worry?

Yep. Take the easy, cheap precautions and then just live. Gloat when they work. I am gloating.
 
I am taken aback by the apathy expressed. It isn't difficult to properly protect your own home. If someone smashed a window in my house and came barreling in.... I wouldn't cower and hope they didn't hurt me and that the police came in time. I'd grab a pistol or shot gun and hope I didn't have to shoot the guy. Most people are smart enough to back off when they realize they are literally out gunned. Those who aren't need to be incapacitated.

Playing the odds and hoping nothing bad ever happens to me seems like an incredibly foolish gamble to take when it is so easy in a free country such as America to protect your home.

- The Curious
 
Did I say anywhere on this thread that I wasn't prepared if someone broke into my house?
 
Siren said:
I knew your true agenda was to talk about guns.

:rolleyes: You're right, it was all a huge conspiracy to talk about guns. Next time I see someone testing the fates by thinking a chunk of metal on a window saved their life I'll just let them wallow in their own false sense of security.

- The Curious
 
Siren said:
I know you would be prepared.

You are a freak afterall.


one of the many hazards of living with an ex cop..who is now a Correctional Officer.

We have to be prepared. Just a few years ago.. a Probation officer up the street was killed by a bomb placed next to his car.

And I live in a small quiet town.
 
TheCurious said:


:rolleyes: You're right, it was all a huge conspiracy to talk about guns. Next time I see someone testing the fates by thinking a chunk of metal on a window saved their life I'll just let them wallow in their own false sense of security.

- The Curious

Are you going to be hanging around here a lot?

I'm just curious because you impress me as being a big weeniehead.
 
TheCurious said:
Next time I see someone testing the fates by thinking a chunk of metal on a window saved their life I'll just let them wallow in their own false sense of security.
Actually, the metal latch did deter the burglar, in this case.

I've read of many cases where the homeowners' gun was turned on them. Not everyone is comfortable pointing a lethal weapon at another human, and that second of hesitation can escalate a situation to tragic results.
 
freakygurl said:



I agree.. I refuse to live in fear. I refuse to sit around and worry about something that may never happen. And if it does happen I won't have any control over it anyway. So why worry?

So speaking of why worry, freakygurl- About your mom giving out all of that information to a stranger on the phone- did it result in burglars or salespeople ?
 
Did you report it to the police? They could dust for prints to put on file and also even attempted crimes should be reported because it will put extra officers in your neighborhood. Break in ussually follow patterns in specific geographical areas. (ie teanage gangs ect...) The police department also gets more man power or money if more crimes are reported in a district...
 
Mischka said:

I've read of many cases where the homeowners' gun was turned on them. Not everyone is comfortable pointing a lethal weapon at another human, and that second of hesitation can escalate a situation to tragic results.

While I question the existance of these many cases... this is in fact the first intelligent thing that has been said. If you are not willing to take another human beings life, to essentially say "my life is more valuable than yours", you shouldn't keep a firearm in your home. If you are not mentally prepared to defend your own life with lethal force, the gun most likely will be used against you.

- The Curious
 
patient1 said:


So speaking of why worry, freakygurl- About your mom giving out all of that information to a stranger on the phone- did it result in burglars or salespeople ?

Nothing resulted from that...
 
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