We had our second burglary attempt within the past three weeks, and it changed our minds about gun ownership

[Anonymous]

If you're not a troll, then it sounds like you have some work to do to make your home less attractive to burglars. Get window coverings so people can't see in your home, put your lights on timers, get more motion sensors/alarms, fix however it is that they're getting in, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

OP here. We moved from DC a few years ago (but I am still on DCUM). Yes, our large neighborhood has a private security company. I have never seen it in the DC area, but it is common in our new area.

I am certain that it was a burglary attempt. Nobody just walks on our property toward the back yard unannounced.

Many ultra-wealthy people live on our street, many with their own security guards either in a car in front of the house or stationed in their gate-house. Just because this is beyond your experience it does not mean that there aren't places like this in this country.

It seems highly unlikely that burglars would target this type of neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

I’m not op but my parents live on 20 acres. Someone walking around their house is reason to get a gun. You don’t just wander up a 150 yard driveway on a wooded lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you truly prepared to kill someone? Are you prepared to be someone who shot someone dead? Do you know what that does to a person psychologically? Think about that before buying a gun.

If someone hopped up on crack went towards my kids’ room I’f have no compunction whatsoever in shooting them in the head. I could live with myself if I was such a coward I could not defend my family.

How many times have you shot a gun?

Thousands of times you pu$$y.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

OP here. We moved from DC a few years ago (but I am still on DCUM). Yes, our large neighborhood has a private security company. I have never seen it in the DC area, but it is common in our new area.

I am certain that it was a burglary attempt. Nobody just walks on our property toward the back yard unannounced.

Many ultra-wealthy people live on our street, many with their own security guards either in a car in front of the house or stationed in their gate-house. Just because this is beyond your experience it does not mean that there aren't places like this in this country.

It seems highly unlikely that burglars would target this type of neighborhood.

Either you are a troll or someone blabbed about the expensive thing that people want to steal from your house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 38 and grew up around guns. Break ins and crime rates are still very low where I grew up largely in part because everyone knows that the house they break into very likely has a gun. The break ins that do occur are usually done by people that they know. I used to own guns. I've done many classes and have been certified to teach them. I know you think you'd be ready to kill someone, but I can tell just from your posts that you're too reactionary to have a gun for protection at this time.

Take some classes. Learn about gun safety and self defense. Go to shooting ranges where you can rent a gun to shoot. You need to be very, very comfortable with a gun before you own one for home defense. It isn't just about being prepared to kill someone. You also need to know how to prevent the intruder from getting the gun away from you.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you truly prepared to kill someone? Are you prepared to be someone who shot someone dead? Do you know what that does to a person psychologically? Think about that before buying a gun.

If someone hopped up on crack went towards my kids’ room I’f have no compunction whatsoever in shooting them in the head. I could live with myself if I was such a coward I could not defend my family.

How many times have you shot a gun?

DP, probably tens of thousands of times, but I grew up in a family where shooting was just something we did

So you plan to attempt a head shot on a moving intruder, in the dark, while you are groggy after being startled awake? Let’s think this idea through a little bit more…it sure sounds like the intruder is between you and your kids room….that means shooting in the direction of your own family. Hm. What a well thought out plan!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

I’m not op but my parents live on 20 acres. Someone walking around their house is reason to get a gun. You don’t just wander up a 150 yard driveway on a wooded lot.

There are 1 million reasons why someone would be walking up to a house that have nothing to do with crime. What a sick worldview. People in actual war torn countries don’t even act that paranoid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

I’m not op but my parents live on 20 acres. Someone walking around their house is reason to get a gun. You don’t just wander up a 150 yard driveway on a wooded lot.

There are 1 million reasons why someone would be walking up to a house that have nothing to do with crime. What a sick worldview. People in actual war torn countries don’t even act that paranoid.

PP said someone walking around the house at the end of a long wooded driveway. Yeah, that's a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

I’m not op but my parents live on 20 acres. Someone walking around their house is reason to get a gun. You don’t just wander up a 150 yard driveway on a wooded lot.

That’s completely ridiculous and extremist. I mean, why don’t they just call 911?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

OP here. We moved from DC a of few years ago (but I am still on DCUM). Yes, our large neighborhood has a private security company. I have never seen it in the DC area, but it is common in our new area.

I am certain that it was a burglary attempt. Nobody just walks on our property toward the back yard unannounced.

Many ultra-wealthy people live on our street, many with their own security guards either in a car in front of the house or stationed in their gate-house. Just because this is beyond your experience it does not mean that there aren't places like this in this country.

If you have armed security that responds immediately why did you wait 25 minutes for the police when someone walked across your property?

Are you saying you would have taken the gun and gone off into the night to search for and kill this person who wasn’t in your home? And, since that’s not self defense by any definition that you would put your kid through the trauma of losing their parent to prison over sitting still for a few minutes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

I’m not op but my parents live on 20 acres. Someone walking around their house is reason to get a gun. You don’t just wander up a 150 yard driveway on a wooded lot.

There are 1 million reasons why someone would be walking up to a house that have nothing to do with crime. What a sick worldview. People in actual war torn countries don’t even act that paranoid.

PP said someone walking around the house at the end of a long wooded driveway. Yeah, that's a problem.

That has nothing to do with OP who lives in a neighborhood where people park on the street and she can see the street parking, and people can see into her windows from the street. That’s not rural.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

I’m not op but my parents live on 20 acres. Someone walking around their house is reason to get a gun. You don’t just wander up a 150 yard driveway on a wooded lot.

That’s completely ridiculous and extremist. I mean, why don’t they just call 911?

Because they have a gun. I’m sure they’ll call the coroner to pick up the intruders.

[Anonymous]

Yawn. Sure OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I call BS.
Where do you live that a security company has armed guards on standby?
This also wasn’t an attempted burglary. It was a suspicious act. Someone walking around your house, while unusual and definitely concerning is not a reason to gosprinting to your attic in fear.
Take it down a notch.
You are the type of person who will accidentally shoot someone in fear.

I’m not op but my parents live on 20 acres. Someone walking around their house is reason to get a gun. You don’t just wander up a 150 yard driveway on a wooded lot.

There are 1 million reasons why someone would be walking up to a house that have nothing to do with crime. What a sick worldview. People in actual war torn countries don’t even act that paranoid.

PP said someone walking around the house at the end of a long wooded driveway. Yeah, that's a problem.

That has nothing to do with OP who lives in a neighborhood where people park on the street and she can see the street parking, and people can see into her windows from the street. That’s not rural.

That's why PP was mentioned instead of OP.