Theft: How do you minimize break ins?

Think "Concealed Carrry Permit".
Kentucky law requires you to attempt to retreat from a violent encounter,
unless you are protecting your property. Most break-ins around here happen
late at night, with your car/truck parked at home. Keeping your car in a
locked garage greatly reduces the risk of theft. If you must leave a car
parked in the "open", the presence of light reduces the risk. I like PIR
controlled outside lights. When they turn on, would be thiefs tend to run.
More importantly, when I go ot after dark, when the light turns on, I won't
trip over the rake I foolisly left laying there.
Terry

 

Even having a CCW doesn't shield you from prosecution. All a CCW does is
give you permission to carry the weapon (and even then in only certain
locations). I manage one of the largest firearms stores in the south
Louisiana area, so I'm fairly familiar with the law. Yes, you may be able to
prove that you could not get away, but there is the whole civil issue of
wrongful death to consider. In a civil suit, all the other attorney has to
do is prove that you used more force than necessary to stop the bad guy and
you're liable. It'd be a real hassle to have to sell your home, car, and
everything else (unless you don't own any of the above - then you'd just
have your future wages garnished for decades until it was paid) to pay a
court settlement just because you were trying to stop someone from stealing
your system. Besides, for the cost of a decent gun, you could pay for a
year's worth of insurance on the system.
Besides, as I previously mentioned, the majority of people will take the
gun outside to frighten the thief away. When the person doesn't run and
starts beating the gun owner senseless, what good will it do? Another thing
to consider is this - is your system really worth taking a life for? Mine
isn't. Now, if someone breaks into my home in the middle of the night,
that's a different story.

Me

 

This why the non lethal rubber bullets, bean-bags, and stun grenades should
be readily availible.. for home defense..
it's more fun to stun then beat them simple anyway

 

You could be correct.
But I know of a number of people who have used firearms to stop people
who were breaking into parked vehicals. All challanged the thugs. And
in most cases the thugs laid down as directed.
In 1 case the thug ran, the owner did NOT fire. but gave chase and
tackled the thug, breaking his (thugs) legs. No arrest. No civil tort.
Thug went to jail as he was out on parole. BTW the judge sentenced
the thug to the maximum and added it to the END of the original
prison term, which was for stealing a car.
In the 3 other cases that I know of, the thugs refussed to disarm,
lay down or stop. All were shot. 2 died. 1 suffered permanant injury,
pentrating 9mm damaged his spine(shoot from front). No charges, no
civil tort.
Kentucky maybe viewed as backwards but jurries here are loath to convict
people for defedning what is theirs.

Would I kill someone to stop them from stealing either of my cars?
Hell no it is not worth the paper work.
In the case of 1985 Celica I would invite them down to the court
house to transfer the car to them.

Terry

 

Better off to kill the punks, no one will miss them anyway. Try a handgun
with silencer instead.

 

Yeah, that's it. A guaranteed 10 yr prison sentence. Works every time.

Me