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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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?  [/quote]

OP here. Thanks everyone for their replies.

The neighborhood armed security patrol never showed up after being alerted by the motion sensor and me telling the call center that it is a burglary attempt.

The motion sensors are not on a path from the street toward the house, but on the side of the house almost at the backyard. So no mailman, passersby, neighbor etc sets off that alarm. There is no doubt that those were burglars on the property just a couple of minutes away from entering the house by pushing in a patio door or window.

We don't wear flashy jewelry, etc, however we have museum-quality 18th century antique furniture/clocks/candelabra/paintings visible through the front door and the living room windows (when the curtains are open).

I agree, hedges/fence/gate are a priority.

I friend has recommended this self-defense mechanism, that apparently does not require a license, and uses chemical irritant projectiles:
https://byrna.com/products/byrna-sd-non-lethal-self-defense-pistol

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Nice long con, OP! You're just trying to sell us something, LOL![/quote]

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