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Originally Posted by WilsonTC

Alarm system = false sense of security

Loaded gun = absolute security

Bzzzt, wrong. If you want "absolute security", you'll need more than 1 layer. I'd think that a more comprehensive approach would be a dog or two, an alarm, and a loaded gun. Any one of those things by itself is not going to be absolute security.

This is a quote from the Home Defense Poll thread

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

I was staying over at my girlfiends first floor apartment about 15 years ago. We had been out, had a great dinner and a bunch of drinks and went home for some nookie. . I awoke to the sound of breaking glass. the next think I know, I was punched in the face, and maced before my head ever left the pillow. There were two huge black dudes, and they pretty much beat the sheet out of both of us. She was screaming for her life, and I think she took the grunt of the beating just because they were trying to shut her up. I was curled up in the fetal position , taking some nice kicks to the ribs, and thinking that I may not get out of there alive. Something snapped in me, and I dont really know what happened, but somehow, I knoced the big son of a ***** in the face, and managed to squirell my way around the smaller of the two, and got out of the house. I was buck naked, but I grabbed my jeans and ran out to my car, and thank god, my keys were in the pocket still.
They had their ****ty ford granada blocking my 85 corvette. I remember fumbling around trying to get my keys in the ignition, but once the car fired, I knew I was safe. Dude comes running at me from the house, and their car is blocking me, so I dumped the clutch, and , I swear , I must have pushed that ford 50 yards before I left of the gas. Remember, I was maced. Somehow I drove to the local police station, and got help. I had also forgot to latch the roof on the vette, so after smashing the hell out of the front of my car trying to get of the driveway, and am now flying down the road, with mace in my eyes, and I hear swoosh, the roof flies off the car, and smashes into a thousand pieces.
This was one of the scariest things that has ever happened to me. I thought they were going to kill her, they beat her up pretty badly, broke her nose etc. I got roughed up pretty well to, had bruised ribs etc, but watching her take that beating, and not being able to do a damn thing about it hurt worse than any of the shots that I was taking.
The perps were still there ramsacking the place when I got back with the cops, and both were arrested. Police said that one of them was a murder suspect in a local donut shop robbery, and We both were lucky to be alive. God must have been looking out for me that night, cause these were two big guys , that I could have in no way overpowered one on one, let alone two.
That night was an eye opener for me, and I can gurantee it will never happen like that again.
I dont carry , but if you come into my home, you better be ready.
Sorry for the long story, but dont ever take your safetey for granted, this was in the city, but not in a bad area.

In that case an alarm and/or dog may (or may not) have helped. From the sound of it, a gun may or may not have helped. To have Absolute Security, you probably need a couple of guys with guns to hang out with you 24x7 and stay awake all night. That sounds a bit extreme though for most of us.


Ian McArthur has a point, this thread is supposed to be about ALARMS. I appreciate hearing the opinion about Alarms vs Guns, but I don't want it to turn into a gun thread. I've got one, now I'm curious about alarms.

Thanks