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Originally posted by IgnorantSquare
So why didn't you keep an eye on your neighbour? social control is key imo
Originally posted by vampira309
reply to post by Perhaps
This is the link to info about a home invasion that happened in my area....likely the one the OP is referencing. (At least I HOPE this is it - terrible to think of this happening frequently)
Originally posted by macman
After dark, I answer the door with a firearm, all the time. If the person outside the door doesn't like it, and it has happened before, I tell them "Then don't come to my door".
Originally posted by ldyserenity
Methinks it's time to move out of that neighborhood!!!
No I am being very serious...get out of any area that is infected with these parasitic criminals, for your safety's sake!
Originally posted by antar
Give your little neighbor a big hug for me and take her something special like a homemade pie or something. Let her know that you will find a way to keep this from happening again and let her to remember she is a strong survivor and must have done something right or it could have been so much worse.
Originally posted by caladonea
I am curious...what are you doing to help her?
Originally posted by Perhaps
reply to post by Xtrozero
Xtrozero, please accept my apologies for unjustifiably doubting the credibility of your OP - lesson learnt on my part.
This post
Cheers.
Originally posted by WeRpeons
The question is, would your neighbor have answered the door armed if she did have a gun in the house? Sounds like the thugs jumped her as soon as she opened the door. Granted, if someone else was in the house they might have had time to run and get a gun, but what if they got to them before they reached the place where the gun is stored?
Originally posted by FirstCasualty
Its a good thing the robbers were not armed
She could be dead...
Thanks OP this story is a good example of why all fire arms should be strictly kept from the public.
Originally posted by Manhater
Must be a new trend that their starting.
Originally posted by freedomSlave
reply to post by Xtrozero
And no one heard her scream for help ? or did they and do what most people do and not bother to get involved.
Originally posted by ldyserenity
reply to post by Xtrozero
Methinks it's time to move out of that neighborhood!!!
No I am being very serious...get out of any area that is infected with these parasitic criminals, for your safety's sake!
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Originally posted by GeisterFahrer
Home invaders should never be rewarded with their lives intact. It should be a highly fatal line of work.
You believe this despite the vast majority of burglars being merely opportunistic thieves taking full advantage of the average home owner's poor security protocols?
I'd agree that the kind of person who'd enter a home forcibly and without concern for being heard doing so, knowing there were people inside, doesn't deserve consideration of their own personal circumstances, but to treat that kind of home invader the same as the one who has taken advantage of an open window in what they thought was an empty home, only to have the occupiers return mid-burglary, makes you sound like a vengeful, bloodthirsty moron.
The woman in the OP's story could have avoided her traumatic experience by having purchased a reasonable quality front door monitoring device, and having a pre-arranged system with neighbours whereby if any resident is alone when they get strangers at the door, they can set off an alarm and all neighbours would go out to their front porch to see what was going on. On the vast majority of occasions, anyone up to no good would be off and away, while making a mental note not to try robbing in that neighbourhood again, and all without a shot being fired, which, I accept, might not be as exciting as getting out your trusty firearm and having a shoot-out, but will do your karmic resonance a world of good, long term.
She realized her phone wasn't working and ran next door and asked her neighbor to call 911.