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In reply to the discussion: So what's wrong with home security systems? [View all]meaculpa2011
(918 posts)who comes in and carts things off.
Things can be replaced. I reserve the right to protect our lives.
Years ago we lived in a second floor apartment with a porch roof outside our living room window. While watching TV an intruder climbed the porch and tried to pry open the window. My wife and kids ran to back of the apartment. My neighbor, who was watching TV with us, told me to get out, drew his gun and identified himself as a police officer. By the time he said "I have a gun" the intruder broke the window and fell into my living room. He was armed with a small handgun and was very lucky that my neighbor subdued him without firing a shot. This was at the height of the crack epidemic. No amount of security lights or sirens was keeping this guy out.