Commenter Freiheit sends this in, and it's well worth your time to read it a couple of times.
RICHARDSON, NATHAN W
Recognize any of that neighborhood behavior? If so, you might want to invest in ADT and a tougher gun safe. What's laid out in that single page is a burglar's wish list: neighborhood where no one questions an unfamiliar face - or doesn't recognize that the face is even unfamiliar; unlocked doors; expensive items kept in standard areas; etc. By being a keen study of human nature (the comment about which houses to hit is especially interesting), he managed to pull over 200 burglaries before getting caught - and one of his accomplices had made over $400K from stolen items.
We can't always be home to assist Darwin when goblins make bad choices. What we can do, however, is mitigate our risk factors. Lock your doors. Close the windows. Fix that window in the basement that never closes right. Take a few moments to get to know your neighbors - and pay attention when they're out of town, or even out for the day in case someone's lurking in the shadows. Don't leave valuables out in plain sight. Break down the cardboard box for the new computer or big screen TV rather than leaving it intact on the curb for all to see. Offering less of a target to a crook is way better than making the Jones's jealous (sorry Les)...
Most of this is common sense, which means that precious few people will heed it...
That is all.
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I sent that to the 'boss'. I always bitch about the doors be left unlocked. grrrrr.
One other thing of note:
One of his accomplices made over $400,000.00 ( tax free mind you ) in two years and had NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT!!!!! *facepalm*
I can't say I'd find someone asking to do odd jobs suspicious enough to call the police, but I live out in a small town where there aren't a lot of part time jobs available. In parts of the city where panhandling is more common it'd be suspicious.
The kid I shot at back in '83 in Va. Beach had hit over 20 homes before he tried mine. What's funny is, that the local paper used to put up ALL the Crime Reports every Sunday, and I had been noticing that a lot of them were occurring within a 2 block radius of my home. Turns out the kid I shot at was the one pulling the crimes, and the Judge wasn't happy when I told him I knew about it, so that's why I was armed. The reason the Judge wasn't happy was the fact that I mentioned that, even though the VA. Beach 2nd Prescient building was only 2 blocks away, they didn't seem to be able to catch the crook doing the crimes in their own back yard, especially since the kid lived one block away from me. BTW, the Judge wasn't happy with the Police, not me.
Fast forward to the Northcoast. We just had a burglary ring shut down in my neighborhood. Turns out some High School kids would DELIBERATELY get Suspended from School, then go hit homes while they were supposed to be in School. They only got stopped when a Homeowner came home early and caught them in her Garage. They even tried to hit my house, but they couldn't get through the Deadbolt and my 2 barking dogs, I guess. And the Goblins HATE my Night Lighting also. Which is why, even if I just go out at night to let the Dogs go Potty, I slide a Gun into my Bathrobe.
Stay Armed, Stay Aware.
No. I can't always be home, and I'm not. But I have a little friend who is always here.
My little friend is about 65 pounds of Boxer dog, and she knows who belongs in my house and who doesn't.
Yeah, someone "could" get in here when I, or my wife, am not at home. But I figure that I'll find some of their body parts on the floor. The puppy dog is very territorial, and she has an attitude.
Beyond that, she's not really a Boxer. Her daddy was 1/4 Staffordshire Terrier, which is why she was free.
One does not try to intimidate her, because pain just makes her more vicious.
Better for the free-lance Socialists that I be home, because laying on the floor and crying might keep me from hurting them. The little doggie won't care one bit about that.
Came home to strange car in my driveway, only to get in a fistfight with one of two burglars in my back yard. They had the same ruse, knock on the door to see if anyone is home and then go around back to break in.
Injured my arm, shot two rounds at second suspect as It looked like he was drawing a gun as he was running. (I carry 24/7)
They had my tv, guns, wife's jewelry and cash in our garage ready to load in the car.
Karma sucks though, the guy I shot at, was killed after he shot at our local cops.
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