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In reply to the discussion: So what's wrong with home security systems? [View all]Orrex
(63,234 posts)Home invasions are uncommon in any case, and home invasions in which the criminal climbs onto a porch roof in order to pry open a window while people are visible inside are extraordinarily rare, to the point of being unbelievable, even during the height of the crack epidemic.
The claim that the neighbor impersonated a police officer strikes me as hard to believe. Perhaps he truly is a police officer, but that's not the story as told.
Also difficult to believe is the claim that the alleged intruder broke the window and fell through into the living room after the neighbor impersonated a police officer with gun drawn. Was the alleged intruder injured by the broken glass, by the way?
The claim that "no amount of security lights or sirens was keeping this guy out" is hard to believe, since the alleged intruder was so easily subdued after all.
In short, the story as told exceeds credibility. Put simply, it doesn't pass the smell test, and because its tone matches the tone of any number of other pro-gun anecotes, the teller of such a tale should understand that the tale is not likely to be believed in the absence of corroboration.
It may have happened subtantially as told, but I find it hard to believe as told.