Locking your doors?

[Rick V]

M21snipers recent thread about the gunshot victim has me thinking, do you lock your doors? do you live in a safe area? I grew up in Philly, I know the worry of making sure you secure everything you own, I know that there are places in this country where you have to have bars on the lower windows just to keep you and you family safe.
It makes me sad when the reality of how bad we have become as a society comes to light.
In my little slice of the world, if you forget to lock your doors, before you go to work, or to sleep, you just shrug it off, and go on with your life, and think nothing of it. Leave your keys in your car overnight? oh well it will be there when you get up. Nothing to worry about.
I guess I am just writing this to point out the fact that not every where in our country is the lawless fontier where the bad guys rule. There are places where people are still people and crime has yet to happen. Well that drunk guy down the road did drive to the store yesterday................................better call out swat. If we can get them off the river, I think they are bass fishing.

[trap]

At home we don't lock our doors and have left keys in the car overnight - my wife has forgotten her purse in the car. At work, I routinely leave $15K in electronic equipment in my unlocked car outside of my office. I do lock my office at night, although I doubt much would happen if I forgot to do so.

My office is in a town of 1,000 people - there isn't even a police officer nor is there a need for one. A sheriff's deputy drives through every so often. Apparently several years ago a bank was robbed but that was by someone passing through.

[speedracing944]

I live near the Amish. We normally don't have much trouble but in the past week some clowns stole 5 catalytic converters off some cars. The cars were sitting in our neighbors yard about 1.5 miles away. That makes me worry they might attack our place.

I have the guns in a convenient location and the shells are all sorted and ready to go.

Speedy

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by speedracing944

I have the guns in a convenient location and the shells are all sorted and ready to go.

Speedy

One advantage of my kids being adults (with thier own guns) is I leave the hand cannon chambered. Just flip the safty off and I am hot. I may live in a safe area but I don't work in one, and I do carry.
Procon can vouch for he strength of my carry piece.

[speedracing944]

Ah the heat is strong with you young Skywalker. (spoken in my best Yoda voice)

Speedy

[speedracing944]

Ah the heat is strong with you young Skywalker. (spoken in my best Yoda voice)

Speedy

[Danny_Ocean]

Florida - absolutely. If it ain't bolted down, it's gone.

Out West - I routinely forget to lock the front door at night. No worries.

[Seahawk]

Only lock the doors when we go on vacation...the dogs help as well.

While I love the farm, I really have to adjust my scan and awareness when I travel since I'm so used to not worrying about leaving keys in the car, etc.

[Mo_Gearhead]

"lock the doors"
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Why bother at most homes?

We are in a very low crime area but as I look at my place; Single pane of glass (windows) in garage doors, easily broken, reach in, unlock. Six seconds tops?

My mother once locked herself out of her home. I went over with my B.I.L. to survey access possibilities. Nothing. At rear door I said, stand back, I short-punched my fist through the thin (plywood?) panel/wooden door that looks to most people to be solid/strong!! Pffft! Reach in, turn deadbolt, Another six seconds!

[Jim Richards]

Yep, doors are always locked here in the city.

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by Rick V

I may live in a safe area but I don't work in one, and I do carry.
Procon can vouch for he strength of my carry piece.

Where do you work, Rick? I thought it was Charlottesville.

My Grandfather in law lives in a rough part of Baltimore a few blocks from my FIL. He's like 94 and keeps the place locked up like Fort Knox. He apparently had someone over doing some work and at midnight they decided to come back and break in for some stuff. GFIL called the cops who showed up and left. My FIL went over to check on him and heard something...the guy was still in the house hiding in a closet!! He ran, pushed over my FIL and ran away.

Scary times indeed.

[Tishabet]

I live in downtown Lowell, MA... lower crime than the rest of the Lowell area, but still not the safest place. To get to my condo after business hours (the bottom two floors are commercial, top two floors residential, four units total) you need to get through four locked doors. During business hours, two.

[9dreizig]

I never lock anything in NH,, but in Reno, I've had stuff in my car ripped off so that's locked now too. Gun is in the nightstand , loaded, chambered, and safety off..

[9dreizig]

I never lock anything in NH,, but in Reno, I've had stuff in my car ripped off so that's locked now too. Gun is in the nightstand , loaded, chambered, and safety off..

[speeder]

Yup, just depends on where you live. I lock my door as soon as I walk through it if I get home in the evening and won't be leaving again, so that I don't forget and go to sleep. I live in an apt. in the city and it's pretty secure, has a safe feeling when inside. In 10 years, though, I've never had anyone rattle my door knob or try to enter when I was home. When I'm not home, it's locked tight.

I miss my dog for many reasons, not the least of which was his "early detection" feature if anyone approached while I was sleeping. (Anywhere). And if I left him home, stuff was REAL secure.

[Jims5543]

I ran to the dyno on Wed this week and in the excitement of getting there on time I forgot to lock my office, it was unlocked for 2-3 hours, not a problem.

I forget to lock my work truck in front of the house a lot, have not had a problem in years. Now, 5 years ago, before my neighbor built her house and kids could vut through from the neighborhood behind we would have "incidents" where the change would be stolen from our cars. Nothing more.

I have left my house unlocked many times and never had a problem as a matter of fact I cannot remember of there ever being any robberies in this neighborhood in the 11 years I have lived here.

In North Carolina (where procon lives) I have left that house unlocked for months on end without a problem.

Where I live in Florida is a lot like NC, small town most folks know each other and the supermarket constantly turns into social visits.

With all the vermin moving up out of south Florida I worry these good times are ending.


My bro in law just got some neighbors renting a formally foreclosed house across the street. It is obvious by their actions and behavior they are from a really rough neighborhood. I was over today welding a trailer he is building. Their teenage son got out of the car after they pulled in the driveway and he threw his trash in the swale out front. My bro-in-law and I looked at each other in shock. I simply said to him this is why when we survey in the hood there is garbage all over the place no respect / pride / concern about how your living.

I feel sorry for him his neighborhood is going downhill fast, he has already had someone try to break in his shed last week.

[HardDrive]

We lock our doors if we are going out all day, but its really just habit. No big deal if we leave the door open.

[vash]

i lock the doors just to make myself feel better. i think any 12 year old can break into any house in seconds. my house is no exception. if i lock myself out, it takes me time to crack the perimeter, but i am trying hard not to break anything. a thief could chainsaw thru a wall.

[pwd72s]

Locked, alarmed, and armed at least at night....I really think the "protected by" sign in front of my house helped when a murderer was loose in the are some years back...he picked Marie Olson's motor home as a hideout for a few days. No alarm in her home, and she was gone visiting relatives. That's where he got fresh clothes and a .357 Magnum.

[Icemaster]

Forgot to hit the lock button on the Subaru remote last night or two. Found myself a rifled glove box and short about $1.38 in ashtray change this morning.

Would have loved to have caught them.