Security system

[digger]

Found this on another forum, though I would post it here.

How to install a poor-man’s security system:


1. Go to a second-hand store and buy a pair of men's used work boots --
a really big pair.

2. Put them outside your front door on top of a copy of 'Guns and Ammo
magazine.

3. Put a dog dish beside it............a really big dog dish

4. Leave a note on your front door that says “Bubba, big Mike and I have gone to get more ammunition – back in an hour. Don't disturb the Pit bulls, they're mad, they've just been castrated.

 

[HeartBreak]

Only problem with that; "gone to get more ammo".

My personal favorite: "anyone caught stealing from this area will be publicly castrated".

 

[beason]

i like the one "no tresspassing, violators wil be shot. survivors will be shot again."

 

[Plaidfish]

I'd rather shoot one robber and let the word get out....only costs one bullet and 20 mins to clean the gun.....pretty cheap IMO...between my roomate and me, I think if we caught anyone in the house the word would get around REAL quick what happens if you mess w/ our stuff....the beauty of living on a dead end street is all the retirees that just sit on the porch and "watch" the neighborhood........

 

[dannyd]

i like the one "no tresspassing, violators wil be shot. survivors will be shot again."

thats funny.lmao

 

[Hunter]

the sign on my side gate states, Anyone found here at night will be found here in the mourning.

 

[Tweak]

Anyone know the exact laws on protecting your home and/or family in the event of a break in?

Back when I was living with my mom at the ranch, she shot a guy with .12 Guage buck for trying to steal one of our horses... unfortunately the horse was allready off our property and so was he- she got some jail time for it. I know if someone is threating your safety it is Legal to shoot, but if you are licensed to carry a conceled weapon in Texas and pull it to save your ass on the street you will go to jail. In your home if they are though the door it is Legal correct?

 

[Hypedonrc]

I saw a sign on a fence of a million, or two dollar house that had a pic of a Doby, and said "My dogs can make it to any spot of this fence in 2.5 seconds. Can you?"

My personal favorate is the signs that say "This house is protected by a shotgun 3 nights a week. You guess which ones!"

 

[vbgagnon]

Anyone know the exact laws on protecting your home and/or family in the event of a break in?

It varies by state, and the common sence factor comes in too.

 

[Revo Rancher]

Tweak, as VB says, it depends on the state. Plaid is in Florida. They recently added a change to their laws that allows a homeowner to defend themselves or their property if there appears to be a danger. No requirement on how close, if the other person must have a weapon, etc. Reasonableness still applies, but the threshold has been severely reduced. I think it is called the homestead law or something like that.

As far as your CCW law and shooting someone on the street if they are mugging you, it would seem that that might be true, only if the other person did not have a gun and you had options, such as running/backing away, giving up your wallet, etc. Otherwise, I would imagine the threat of the use of a gun in a robbery or mugging would allow any citizen, even without a CCW, to use like force if options were limited and the threat is real.

California is a lot like the last scenario, but even more picky about your posture. For example, if someone breaks down your door and it seems like they are there to rob you, you can't shoot them. You must first see a gun, determine that there is a threat of it being used (pointed at you) and have no other options or exit. Basically, what they want you to do is cower in the corner of your bedroom with the attacker's gun 2 feet from your head before you can shoot. Juries don't usually buy it, though, so those that have shot their attackers from even 15-20 feet away usually get a slap on the wrist. Again, what is reasonable, based upon the threat and fear.

I persoanlly feel the sound of racking a semi-auto or a shot gun should deter most robbers. I have personally witnessed this while out travelling in my motorcoach. Guy three spots down had someone banging on his door in the middle of the night saying his rig was on fire and to get out. According to the MH owner, he peeked out and caught a glimpse of the guy who had his buddy waiting just around the corner of the door with a knife. Three spots away I heard the shotgun load. He tells me the guys muttered, "The guys got a gun, what do you want to do?" to his partner, and then they left. Someone got the plate and they were arrested 20 miles down the road, trying the same thing at a truck stop.

 

[Plaidfish]

Revo is correct the law changed here almost a year ago.....I can shoot any person that is a legitimate threat on OR OFF the property....I did get a written consent from my landlord to defend my property and family on his property...that's where the law can get flipped in court...w/o the consent of the land owner and if the scum has a good lawyer I could go to jail w/o his permmission.....now as far as what is a threat??? I have to prove I felt my life was in danger, meaning if they looked at my background and schools, and say I shot a 5 ft 100lb crackhead w/ a knife or stick in his hand I'm screwed.....but if 4 200+ lb men are walking towards me and saying WE're going to kill you I have every right to blow a hole in the fuckers.....if 1 is approaching me saying that, again I have to prove the threat to my life is legit......but the law is extended to basically anywhere.....but public places are owned by someone and you better be sure who and WHERE you shoot someone......

funny thing after the hurricane I was tryin gto get air in my tire and a mob started pushing my truck around because I went under teh police line to get to the air pump (nowhere near the gas pumps) I honestly got scared I was gonna be torn up by a mob....I pulled my pistol out adn slammed it on my dash and yelled "I FEAR FOR MY LIFE" I just kept yelling it and more and more people backed off my truck.....now I could have been arrested for brandishing a weapon....I made no threats and kept my head.....BUT If I chose to I could have opened up on them as the odds were WAY in their favor...do I want to???ehhh small part of me maybe..lol....but the threat was there and could have escalated into a very nasty scenario......but I do have to say it's nice knowing the laws are being modified to let people protect the mselves against criminals on or off their property......personally I think we should all be allowed to carry firearms....if the guy going to stick you up knew you were packin he's defiantely going to think twice about it right???

 

[Revo Rancher]

I am a strong believer in the second amendment.

Do you believe that 20 days of rioting and the burning of thousands of cars (read: property) would have happened if socialist France had allowed personal protection for their citizens? I doubt it.

 

[Plaidfish]

Now Revo we all know that is just Barbaric, Uncivilized and AMERICAN....
tell em to take their Brie cheese and Chapagne and stick it up my Buggy exhaust pipe so I can blow it all over them

 

[Revo Rancher]

Yeah, right after I posted that, I thought, "yeah, but it is France, after all".