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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dogs, dogs, dogs.  [/quote]

Dogs are trivially easy to disable.[/quote]

You don't need the dogs to attack the burglars or otherwise prevent the burglary. You need the dogs to make the burglars decide to go to the next house, which doesn't have dogs, instead.[/quote]

This is a really important point. [/quote]

Thanks, quoted PP here. That's what MCPD told us after we had a break-in at our last house while we (and the dogs) were on vacation many years ago. I've always had dogs because I love them, and no one should have dogs just for protection IMO, but they are a deterrent. The best deterrent is NRA membership stickers on your front door, but we're not going to go that far.

[b]RE: the PP who asked about guns, this was a decade-long debate between my husband and me that I eventually lost. Our solution was to have a licensed, registered gun, stored loaded but locked in a combination safe bolted to a heavy piece of furniture with a combination only he knows, after he took a multiple days-long gun safety course. [/quote][/b]

Ok, so you're home alone with the kids and someone breaks in.  How is that gun going to protect you?  This is my problem with guns - either they are dangerously accessible to the kids in the house, or they are safely stored, but inaccessible when you need them![/quote]

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