Protecting your home

[plantman]

Last week i witnessed a rather nasty burgalry and it got me thinking (probably over-thinking) about what i would do in that situation.

I mean i would do ANYTHING to protect my wife and children and if some men wanted to nick my xbox id rather let the police deal with it, but if we were in the house i would use any force needed to keep them away.

I have spotlights, alarms, IP camera with email notofications but when i saw this happen all that just looked useless, they literally kicked the front door off its hinges, charged in and charged out, without a care in the world.

at the moment i have a crossbow and a bat available, but part of me wished i have a gun.

so what do you guys think about it?

 

[tundra9]

Get a tazer instead of a gun.

 

[plantman]

Not legal in the UK we have very strict laws, they even punish you if you have a baseball bat for the sole purpose of hitting a burglar with it lol.

 

[edd_jedi]

Put Micro Machines at the bottom of the stairs and ice on the floors?

In all seriousness, I hate to say it but it's more or less down to luck. If somebody wants to break in to your house, there's not much you can do to stop them. As with most crimes, deterrence is the best weapon. Don't have a flash car parked on the drive, have Apple computers and huge TVs visible through the windows, etc. Try and put them off wanting to break in.

 

[plantman]

Yeah i got the reality of it when i saw them do it, it was scary, the wife was shaking.

They literally made loads of noise booted the door (a pvc double glazed one) straight through, went in, one had a bat, and came out with loads of stuff and ran up the street.

Thing is the lights were on and car was on their drive too.

I just thought to myself if i heard them booting my door and they were willing to hit my family with a bat i would get my crossbow and stand at the top of the stairs, it would kill one of them for sure lol

Also got a black widow catapult, if i armed that with a 12mm BB that could do some serious damage too.

 

[tiefighterboy]

A huge ****ing machette, a sawed off shotgun and a pitbull should solve everything. :wink:

 

[Grant_C]

You can attack anyone who enters your house whos is threatening- but if you attack them while they try and run, your in trouble.

I got burgled when i was a kid and the burglers were in my room carrying a screwdriver and rolling pin.

I slept through the whole thing only to wake to find my mum and a police officer in my bedroom.

 

[plantman]

A huge ****ing machette, a sawed off shotgun and a pitbull should solve everything. :wink:

You guys are ok, you can defend yourselves, we cant use anything without getting sued lol

although recently the laws have been a bit more on the victims side, an asian man chased a burglar who threatened and tied up his family, he hit him after he had run so he got done, but the public went mad and his conviction was overturned.

You can use reasonable force, even kill if you need to but its got to be in defence, you cant knock out a bruglar then stab him ect.

I just wouldnt want any confrontation so my crossbow would be the best way i think, they make any attempt to get near my kids and they get a walking dead style zombie kill lol

 

[plantman]

You can attack anyone who enters your house whos is threatening- but if you attack them while they try and run, your in trouble.

I got burgled when i was a kid and the burglers were in my room carrying a screwdriver and rolling pin.

I slept through the whole thing only to wake to find my mum and a police officer in my bedroom.

Yeah its a fine line, if you have a basball bat under your bed and you beat a burglar with it, you can get done because you had a weapon with intent...stupid isnt it. but me and my kids play baseball as we have the gloves and ball so they couldnt prove it with me

 

[walkie]

watch home alone for some tips

 

[plantman]

watch home alone for some tips

i do have a BB gun

seeing it happen though, it was very violent and i certainly changed my lazy attitude on safety, god only knows what they would have done if anyone was home.

 

[tiefighterboy]

Your all good legally as long as you kill them while they are inside your home.

 

[weasel]

Aye, i'd follow Todd's example. He cant complain to the police about me beating the **** out of him as he tried to flee if he's dead!

I have a nice Samurai sword sitting waiting for them and would have no qualms about using it. Luckily i live on a third floor flat so the chances of anyone breaking in are slim. Touch wood.

 

[x-pack]

How not to get burgled

DO NOT for god's sake do what everyone does when you go on holiday and shut the curtains, put the cars in the garage and have no lights on. Burglars will spot that a mile off and you will most likely come home to a trashed house and a turd on your pillow. Also never leave your keys by the door. Thieving bastards still use the old hook and cane method to fish things through the letter box.

DO lock up, even when you are in. Have lights on timers. You can buy those low wattage bulbs, stick 'em in a lamp and have it controlled with a timer. People think burglars will spot this but they won't. If you are Mr average living in averageville, burglars will just move on to the next poor sucker who left their door unlocked or house looking obviously unoccupied. Burglars on the whole are opportunists and not the criminal master minds people think they are. They will only risk confrontation if there's something they know is worth stealing, e.g where high value property is left on display or where there is a flash car on the drive. Advertise your **** and you take your chances.

Burglars will go straight to your bedroom drawers and search for valuables such as jewellery. That's what it's all about these days. They will rifle through your stuff and chuck the crap to one side, only taking the easily offloadable items - watches, engagement rings, car keys, iPads, Kindles, laptops, TV's, that's what they are after. If you have anything sentimental such as Grandma's wedding ring and it's just stashed away then put it somewhere better than a drawer.

Hope that helps guys 8)

 

[jackabina]

If any ****er broke into my house while my family were there, they wouldn't leave again.

 

[Richard_H]

In my house is the most ferocious animal known to man. Not my towering German Shepard who whelps in pain when you stand on his shadow. But a nasty little **** vicious Jack Russell who would stop at nothing to get your fingers. Don't know why fingers as most dogs go for trouser legs.

 

[_Lee_]

If any ****er broke into my house while my family were there, they wouldn't leave again.

Amen fella

Id either kill or seriously injure anyone if i found them in my home.I dont give a **** about UK law in this respect.As far as im concerned,my wife and kids are at risk and i will do whatever to protect them.

Saying that,i could torture them by strapping them to a chair,keeping thier eyes open with cocktail sticks and make them watch the PT over and over again whilst listening to a mixed tape of Jar Jar talk :twisted: They would ask for life inside after that.

Seriously though,Burglars are pure scum.

 

[jackabina]

:lol:

 

[plantman]

Im the same, i would kill no questions asked, i have my 175lb crossbow and it would drop one like a fly, only issue is if you get done by 3 or 4 burlgars which is how they normally work.

suppose their mate being speared through the eye socket might make them run lol

 

[jimbody1]

i was burgled a couple of years ago before i moved, me and the missus was in bed at the time, i just shot one of them and the other two ran like fook, the one i shot i took outside and beat with a half brick then left him for his mates to find, the police never came round and they never broke into my house again. it was only an air rifle i shot him with, just a standard 12lbs/ft but it had a ten round mag and a lamping kit on it so the fooker never stood a chance of me not hitting him. i live in the uk and i dont give a fook about the police as far as im concerned if i dont invite you in then your right to breathe ends at the doorstep.