The Pounding At 3:00 AM

[DaShi]

My god, you live in paradise!

[The Mad Monk]

Actually, I do.

Two years, and I never had to think about any of this until now.

Damn serpents.

[Az]

I have a frikken' huge military base and prison complex not that far to the north (Fort Leavenworth)

Why does the prison bother you, what do you think the escaped convicts will do, hang around?!






( it sounded better when George Carlin said it)

[The Mad Monk]

What do you think released convicts with $10 in their pockets do?

[bc1871]

Grab your weapon!

[DaShi]

What do you think released convicts with $10 in their pockets do?

Yard work on the cheap.

[The Mad Monk]

Okay, I think I am going shopping tomorrow.

At this point I think I am settling on a Ruger P95, a Ruger GP100, and some flavor of Mossberg 500, probably pistol grip and folding stock.

Yes, I intend to get all three.

Fellow gun nuts: anything screamingly wrong with any of these choices? I'm expecting some flak on the shotgun which is going in my computer rom.

[Theben]

Rather, get a sliding chain lock.

No. These are easy for anyone with a semblance of strength to break. If you're gonna make contact, talk thru the door.

[Al B. Sure!]

Mad Monk:

I've had two break-ins in my house. One time, I was in the house. I was taking a shower and I heard noises but thought it was coming from next door (row homes). When I got out the shower and went downstairs, I saw things moved around, my xbox was unplugged, but nothing was stolen. Walked into the kitchen and saw the window busted open with a footprint on the microwave (which was on a table under the window).

As far as I can tell, the would be robbers chickened out when they heard me in the house (I actually had cut class that morning so I should not have actually been in the house at that time). My guess is it was someone who knows me, knew when I would normally not be home, and when they heard someone in the house, got scared because well, if you know the guy you're robbing and he sees you, well what then? The guy you're robbing freaking knows your name, address, family, etc. etc.!

There was another incident but I don't want to get into that. The point is, we got bars installed on all the windows (would suck if we have a fire because you can't escape now! ) and installed a bigger bolt lock in the front door.

As someone who is from a high crime area and has experienced much worse circumstances than you, Mad Monk, I don't think it's necessary to get a gun. I think it's absurd that you don't have anyway to see who is at your door. I imagine it's not that difficult to drill a hole in your door and get a peephole installed.

But remember, a determined robber isn't going to just knock at the door. Matter fact, if they were truly going to rob you and their knocking didn't result in anyone coming to the door, wouldn't that make them think, "great! No one's home!" and then they bash the window and climb in? Those guys were drunk country-folk trying to go fishing.

God forbid you actually had a gun and panicked and shot one of them.

[The Mad Monk]

The door in question is half glass. Due to it placement, I couldn't get a look without being seen

[The Mad Monk]

The door in question is half glass. Due to its placement, I couldn't get a look without being seen

[Al B. Sure!]

Those kind of doors are retarded.

[The Mad Monk]

Yet popular.

[MikeH]

People like daylight.

[The Mad Monk]

I, like, totally blew my budget this month.