Waiting for home invasions to start!!

[gregormeister]

Man it just go's to show that it don't matter where you live, the idiots are there. Lately in my town..population maybe 500 or less...all 3 mini marts have been robbed, countless people have had their cat. converters stolen from their car and basically any precious metals IEcopper, aluminum, brass) stolen from their homes and the gas drained from their cars via puncture in the fuel tank.. The economy is going to hell and the local factories are laying off at an all time high. 2 weeks ago my car alarm went off at two a.m. and kindly screamed at the dark woods that my AK-47 was real as well as the 357. in my waisteband and that if I saw hide or hair of an individual at my property and they intended to take what was mine I'd kindly donate a hydroshock to the back, belly or head. Now figuring a squirrel with a late night hunger for acorns deposited a shell on my hood and sent the alarm bawling I forgot about the incident till saturday when I saw a S.W.A.T van and 2 State Trooper crown vics at a residence down the road. Seems that a "gang" comprised of 4-5 younger punks and there fat female sidekick have been the ones robbing and pilaging lately...One of em' is a state troopers boy!! And last week a Ford F-150 was stole down the road a mile away that was the getaway car(hmm... my car alarm?). The cops got 1 of em' at the residence and the other 5 are on the run. My wife has gotten a quick refresher course on my 12 guage and Glock 17, and I am always carrying due to my conceal permit. Am I the only one in small rural areas experiencing these situations or is the whole U.S plagued with dirtbags who refuse to work a 9 to 5? And I'm curious as to when I should expect the home invasions to start....We are in sad sad times in the U.S...And maybe its the former Marine in me but I refuse to be a victim and I look forward to making an example out of any of these backwoods hoodlums who want to harm my family or steal what I worked for. A I wrong for the animosity? Anyhow the main question is how do I prepare and counter home invasions?
     

[Gewehr98]

Welcome to APS. 

I'd suggest extra layers of tinfoil, for good measure. 

That, and paragraph breaks...

Advertising on APS that you'd shoot somebody in the back for property theft?

Your IP address doesn't resolve to Texas, and regardless, it ain't what we do here.

Maybe your second post can be a better one. 

[K Frame]

A moat with alligators.

Claymore mines.

5 Bengal tigers

Razor wire.

A welcome mat that says "Go Away"

[mtnbkr]

5 Bengal tigers

Only 5?  You obviously don't care about your life.  You're not really armed until you have a "standard capacity" streak and a spare streak on your belt.

Chris

[Manedwolf]

A moat with alligators.

Claymore mines.

5 Bengal tigers

Razor wire.

A welcome mat that says "Go Away"

One of the "classier" free staters in Manchester (as in, arrested every other week) apparently has a doormat that says "Come back with a warrant."

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

A welcome mat that says "Go Away"

I have one of those, so I'm set.

Let the sky fall, I'm ready!

[Balog]

Paragraphs are your friend.

Shooting someone in the back is a bad idea, unless you are certain they're running for cover before they continue to return fire. Yelling that you intend to is even worse. Admitting this on a public forum is an epic fail. Should you ever legitimately need to shoot in self defense, be prepared to have the local prosecutor bring this post up.

Home invasions are unlikely, but can be a threat. Especially in isolated rural communities. Solid doors with good locks hooked to sturdy jams are a good start. No french doors, prickly bushes underneath windows etc. A quick search on the Strategy and Tactics forum of THR would reveal a wealth of knowledge. This is hardly the first time this question has been asked. Although it's usually asked more coherently......

[K Frame]

""standard capacity" streak and a spare streak"

Streak...

HUH?

[mtnbkr]

the proper name for a group of tigers is "streak".  It isn't used often because tigers are solitary animals.

I thought about using "pack", but I figured some pedant would correct me.  Turns out the pedant didn't know the correct term either.

Chris

[Ex-MA Hole]

Attention K-Mart shoppers, we are offering a special on Bitchslaps in Aisle 5.....

[K Frame]

Well here's a day I NEVER thought would come...

Mtnbkr telling ME something I didn't know, although none of the dictionaries I've checked so far can confirm it...

However, I must say thank you for (pending confirmation) increasing my knowledge base.

As for being accused of being a pedant...

I've often thought that individuals who cry "you're a pedant" only do so in order to direct attention from their own crass ignorance...

[Tallpine]

There was a little side road in Colorado named "Goa Way"   

[K Frame]

Attention K-Mart shoppers, we are offering a special on Bitchslaps in Aisle 5.....

Wrong answer! Thanks for failing!

It would be a bitchslapping had I said to Mtnbkr "You spelled STEAK wrong, you moron!"

To which he obviously would have replied "Streak is a group of tigers, you imbecile!"


However, I was able to recognize the fact that Mtnbkr was using a word in a manner new to me, so I queried him about it in an effort to gain new knowledge.

So, no bitchslapping was delivered in that instance, it was but an exchange of knowledge, from him to me.





Oh, by the way...

I just bitchslapped you, imbecile.

[cslinger]

A moat with alligators.

Claymore mines.

5 Bengal tigers

Razor wire.

A welcome mat that says "Go Away"

..........and a partridge in a pear tree???  or would that be cartridge?

[MicroBalrog]

1. Study the self-defense laws in your locality and ABIDE BY THEM.

2. Get a rifle in a major military caliber (5.56, 7.62mm*39, whatever).

3. If not 2, get a shotgun.

4. Get training. Preferably a quality professional course.

[Ex-MA Hole]

http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/streaking.html

http://user.mc.net/audio900/newpage11.htm

http://www.geocities.com/wildbengaltigers/physio.html

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0311/articles/mainarticle.html

http://www.bozeman.k12.mt.us/web/kcrawford/tigers/

Need more?

[Mabs2]

Well here's a day I NEVER thought would come...

Mtnbkr telling ME something I didn't know, although none of the dictionaries I've checked so far can confirm it...

However, I must say thank you for (pending confirmation) increasing my knowledge base.

As for being accused of being a pedant...

I've often thought that individuals who cry "you're a pedant" only do so in order to direct attention from their own crass ignorance...

I had a few anti gunners call me pedantic when I tore their argument up.
It was hilarious.
I responded to everything they said with a well thought out counter argument and they called me pedantic.  It was like "You're way better at this and your argument is superior, that is unfair to me, I cry foul."

[mtnbkr]

I normally only use the "pedantic" label for when someone gets torqued over clip/magazine or pack/streak when they knew damn well what the speaker was talking about.

Chris

[Brad Johnson]

Man it just go's to show that it don't matter where you live, the idiots are there. Lately in my town..population maybe 500 or less...all 3 mini marts have been robbed, countless people have had their cat. converters stolen from their car and basically any precious metals IEcopper, aluminum, brass) stolen from their homes and the gas drained from their cars via puncture in the fuel tank.. The economy is going to hell and the local factories are laying off at an all time high. 2 weeks ago my car alarm went off at two a.m. and kindly screamed at the dark woods that my AK-47 was real as well as the 357. in my waisteband and that if I saw hide or hair of an individual at my property and they intended to take what was mine I'd kindly donate a hydroshock to the back, belly or head. Now figuring a squirrel with a late night hunger for acorns deposited a shell on my hood and sent the alarm bawling I forgot about the incident till saturday when I saw a S.W.A.T van and 2 State Trooper crown vics at a residence down the road. Seems that a "gang" comprised of 4-5 younger punks and there fat female sidekick have been the ones robbing and pilaging lately...One of em' is a state troopers boy!! And last week a Ford F-150 was stole down the road a mile away that was the getaway car(hmm... my car alarm?). The cops got 1 of em' at the residence and the other 5 are on the run. My wife has gotten a quick refresher course on my 12 guage and Glock 17, and I am always carrying due to my conceal permit. Am I the only one in small rural areas experiencing these situations or is the whole U.S plagued with dirtbags who refuse to work a 9 to 5? And I'm curious as to when I should expect the home invasions to start....We are in sad sad times in the U.S...And maybe its the former Marine in me but I refuse to be a victim and I look forward to making an example out of any of these backwoods hoodlums who want to harm my family or steal what I worked for. A I wrong for the animosity? Anyhow the main question is how do I prepare and counter home invasions?

1. Let the Soldier of Fortune subscription expire.
2. Be careful posting "how I'm gonna get 'em" scenarios on the interwebz.
3. Switch to decaf.

Brad

[K Frame]

"Need more?"

Nope, works well.

I'm rather disappointed in the online version of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, though.

I'll have to check the print version when I get home this evening.

[K Frame]

"I had a few anti gunners call me pedantic when I tore their argument up.
It was hilarious.
I responded to everything they said with a well thought out counter argument and they called me pedantic.  It was like "You're way better at this and your argument is superior, that is unfair to me, I cry foul.""


PERFECT example of what I'm talking about, MBS.

The crassly ignorant find themselves in a knife fight armed with a popscicle stick and get all indignant about it.

[Brad Johnson]

The crassly ignorant find themselves in a knife fight armed with a popscicle stick and get all indignant about it.

Depends on how good you are with the popsicle stick. 

Brad

[Tallpine]

The crassly ignorant find themselves in a knife fight armed with a popscicle stick and get all indignant about it.

Depends on how good you are with the popsicle stick. 

Brad

Stick placement is everything

 

[41magsnub]

The crassly ignorant find themselves in a knife fight armed with a popscicle stick and get all indignant about it.

Depends on how good you are with the popsicle stick. 

Brad

Stick placement is everything



 

Don't forget proper sharpening, I bet it would make a serviceable one time use shank!

[Ex-MA Hole]

41magsnub, now you've done it....

Everyone take five....Mike's going to have to go to look this one up, too.