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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
Where I live, criminals are breaking into properties and trying to steal money and jewelry!!!
So I put up a sign that says:
I have a Glock and other assorted "items". My house also is ADT alarmed. And I am of the belief that gun control is using 2 hands instead of one... And yes, I have been trained to use this weapon, properly.
My husband removed the sign... And the fools did not bust our door down, yet...
Then I get this email from my homeowner's association and I would like to know where my $250 in dues is going per month. In my state we are not allowed to gate up our communities.
What say you folks of GC? |
I say that having a gun in the home is less effective than having burglar alarms. If the burglar alarms notices don't scare them away, they will hopefully be scared away when the actual alarm goes off and the cops are on their way. If they aren't, they are sometimes diehard burglars who are trying to feed a drug habit so a gun notice outside your home won't be greater than the psychotic effect the drugs are having on them. I completely understand your position that guns + alarm = better safe than sorry.
Your neighborhood needs greater awareness of its surroundings just as your homeowner's association advised. Neighborhood watch signs and so forth have no deterrent effect if casual observers can tell that no one is really watching the neighborhood.
Plus, putting up "glock" signs around your home is good for a laugh from criminals and noncriminals. I know I'd be extremely entertained if I saw such a sign. A "beware of middle class people with guns who might not be prepared to shoot a human" sign doesn't work the same in practice as an "ADT sign" (or even a "beware of dog" sign). Being properly trained to handle guns safely and target practice isn't the same thing as being prepared to shoot a person if the time arises. But of course everyone who owns or wants to own a gun doesn't agree with this until they either freeze up or have their gun taken from them by an assailant (which won't happen to every person with a gun because many people are more than eager to actually use it on a human--but you still don't know when it will be you that it will happen to).