I’m in the middle of an interesting conversation locally about using guns for home defense. We have a NextDoor group online and people are feeling threatened and talking about getting guns. It’s freaking me out because statistically bringing a gun into a home invasion is a big mistake.
I live in a single family house in a normal, middle class neighborhood. I don’t have a sense of fear at all in my area. I live in a residential area of a city. Sure, there is crime and so on. That’s life. But I live alone. I installed a monitored burglar alarm system when I moved in and I use it. I also lock my car and it has an alarm.
I don’t walk around at night and that doesn’t seem to be the issue. It’s cars being broken into and maybe some homes being broken into. I don’t plan to keep a baseball bat by the front door.
Just curious what others’ feelings are about crime prevention.
I live in a single family house in a normal, middle class neighborhood. I don’t have a sense of fear at all in my area. I live in a residential area of a city. Sure, there is crime and so on. That’s life. But I live alone. I installed a monitored burglar alarm system when I moved in and I use it. I also lock my car and it has an alarm.
I don’t walk around at night and that doesn’t seem to be the issue. It’s cars being broken into and maybe some homes being broken into. I don’t plan to keep a baseball bat by the front door.
Just curious what others’ feelings are about crime prevention.