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While in the high country in Colorado I have had two Belgian Sheepdogs and one Belgian Tervuren. Between them they have gotten black bear butt for two big bears and chased away two more trying to break into the house with damage, but chased away. They always got their job done before the shotgun got used.

Happened to me just once, circa '82.. Mainly the dude was after jewelry/gold stuff like that.. Never touched the Super Blackhawk .44M near the bed, but it wasn't really that visible.. Never did anything else..

I got an alarm system immediately after..

Several homes around here over the last couple years have been broken into and lots of firearms stolen.. I hope they catch the azzhats that robbed your neighbor..

I don't understand this stuff. I thought Florida had one of the better castle laws. Sounds like being victimized twice, first the home invasion then having your property confiscated by the police.

If a shot were fired, I can see the police picking up a firearm in connection with the investigation, but if the homeowner is found to have committed no crime, it should be returned in due course.

I have the naive belief that a normal decent law-abiding citizen should be able to live his life without navigating a legal minefield, and having to have one or more attorneys on retainer.

Paul

My Mom and Brother lived together until her house got robbed two years ago. It sent her off and she had to go live with her sisters. They caught the guy. He confessed to robbing over 90 houses. He did 3 on our block the night my Mom's house was robbed. He didn't get much because we don't have much but the jerk did take my Mom's class ring and one my Dad gave her. We'll never see them again. Cash for Gold probably melted them down already.

The burglar saw my Brother's gun case, and broke the lock off it and opened it. took both pistols he had out of their holsters and had it all out on his bed. He didn't take any of them though. The police said he was a professional burglar and didn't want to add federal charges to his list should he get caught. They said it's usually kids and dopers that take weapons. Career burglars steer clear of them.

I have a 26 gun Liberty safe bolted to the floor in the basement and it's time for another. If I don't use something every day, and it's valuable, it goes in the safe. It's a pain, but I know it will be there when I get back. I keep one gun upstairs, and one downstairs that no one will ever find and that's it.

Same here. A friend of mine who, at the time, lived in southern Florida was burglarized, and they got two of his handguns. A couple of months later the cops informed him that they had recovered one of them and returned it to him. I imagine it was found at a pawn shop. I hope these SOBs try to pawn the loot locally and get caught.

Keep in mind that most residential burglaries occur in the daytime. If You (anyone here) were to drive down a street and see someone walking into a driveway, you pay little heed unless you live in the immediate area and are familiar with who comes and goes from that house. otw it is NOT out of the ordinary to see folks walking into backyards down a driveway. If you saw the very same thing after 2200 hours, your suspicion antennae would be twitching like Jess Albas ass.

What city was that?

Yes, on both counts.

Damn , Man , you're lucky some of your "detractors" didn't see the "lost in thought" comment .

I have a security system. The average burglar can't kill it like they can a dog and I don't have to feed it. Plus it don't schit anywhere. The annual cost is probably less than owning an attack dog.

Back when I lived in town, I lived in a nice new subdivision.
Between the hours of 9am and 3pm on weekdays that place was a ghost town.
Every resident was either at work or at school.
It would have been a burglars paradise.

I detest burglars, thugs & criminals with such disdain that I suppose I do condone pit bull ownership if the intent to to tear them to shreds and defend your property.

Keeping them 100% isolated from neighbor kids is just difficult if you live in town though, as an open gate or door could prove disasterous.

My prior rants on pit bulls come from the 120lb "tough guys" i see walking them on leashes in public places in an effort to itimidate others with their "weapon".

Don't need or want an attack dog just a barking dog works fine. I will fill the attack role if needed...
Back this last spring when we had a swather stolen the dogs happened to be in the house. Had they not been the outcome most likely would have been different as they would have raised hell over any intruder...

most GSP's would probably lick them to death But the bark is intimidating. Makes people give it a 2nd thought when they hear a deep bark on the other side of the door.

ML

I remember some neighbors in my life who had excellent burglar alarm systems, but no dog, and were burglarized. Some on more than one occasion.

Then there is this stuff: http://burglarbomb.com

A monitored alarm system and a Bomb in each room where computers and guns are stored is good protection. Check your local laws first.

My friend had both his .460 and .378 Weatherby's stolen in a burglary. Worse, it happened just before he went on a Brown Bear hunt to Alaska. The burglar broke in through a rear window, left blood on the broken glass along with fingerprints. My friend suspected a old acquaintance that had popped up one day. The police said they couldn't develop a case because there wasn't enough evidence! That's the third protection, don't have scumbag friends, or allow kids to bring their scumbag friends home. Keep all firearms secret from everyone. Period. My friend made an emergency purchase of a .300 Weatherby for his hunt. Ten years later his stolen rifles turned up and were returned to him (guess nobody wanted to shoot a .378 or .460.).

About 12 yrs ago me and my buddy happened to be passing by his dad's house (his dad had just passed away), only to find a couple of "brothers" helping themselves to some of his stuff. We caught one of them trying to leave through the window, and were able to track the other guy down and drag (I mean drag) him back to the house where his friend was. We were able to handle the situation rather convincingly ourselves. We did call the sheriff (we knew him). He "ran a few errands" before showing up, knowing we had the situation well in hand. By the time he got there the two bloodied "brothers" were begging for him to take them. I'm too old to handle things like that anymore, but it worked very effectively that time. No problems since.

If driving a van through a fence and then parking it in the backyard to burgle a home,during daytime hours,is business as usual in that neighborhood, I'd have a "For Sale" sign up tomorrow.

Hawkeye has received similar advice from many Campfire members in the past, with no results. I think he likes living there for reasons that are unclear to me...

Don't be so sure on that one. I lived one block from work about 3 years ago and I used to walk to and from. Forgot my house keys one day and decided to sneak through the back window were the AC unit was. My short hair not knowing it was me decided to clamp onto my forearm and let me know she wasn't digging the whole idea. No bark, no growl just teeth. Once she realized it was me she was licking my face the whole time I was trying to get in the window. Not sure which was more distracting.

as i said 99% of the time he is a goofball, and looks mean at the door, if i or the wife or the girls let yah in though he just looks for attention.....werent for the fact ive seen him get protective of the wife i would have my doubts bout him taking someone on....