Security

[WRTC928]

15 hours ago, WSHH887 said:

Actually my preference is a .45 Colt Blackhawk. 
 

My son who lives in Alaska carries one of those for bear protection. He loads it with Buffalo Bore hard-cast flat nose 320 grain .45 Colt magnum rounds.  He also keeps it beside the bed, because nothing says "f*** you" like sending your engine block into orbit. Personally, I wouldn't choose a single-action, but he's a former national Mounted Pistol champion and he can work that action ridiculously fast.

However, being armed won't keep someone from breaking into a car in a state as unfriendly to protection of self and property as California. The mopes aren't accustomed to thinking in terms of personal danger while committing a crime. The laws are much more homeowner-friendly where I live, so the miscreants are less likely to target a vehicle parked in front of a private property. They typically break into vehicles in parking lots in the city.

I live on a dead-end driveway off a dead-end street in a town of 6,700 people. They probably figure (correctly) that I have every feature ranged. I have to be more careful if I'm leaving for a couple of days, although I have left power tools on the back deck while I was gone for more than a week and they weren't touched. In the city, I just pull the power head off and conceal it. I may also unscrew the antenna and toss it inside the car if I'm in a little more sketchy neighborhood. That's really about all I can do, so beyond that, I don't worry about it.

[WRUE951]

8 hours ago, SteveShannon said:

Maybe, but if you’re willing to incur $20,000 in legal fees and loss of that nice 1911 (and possibly prison time) to defend yourself after brandishing a firearm (or worse, shoot someone) to protect a $100 radio you’re not thinking very well. Plus, you’ve now broadcast in a public forum that you’re willing to use a firearm with less than self defense as the reason.

I have no problem defending my life and my property as our great constitution allows..  And don't be silly and try to put words in my mouth.  We don't play those games.  ..   

[AdmiralCochrane]

More like $200,000 than $20,000.  Not sure you can use deadly force to protect property outside of Texas.  There is only one post suggesting using deadly force.

[WRQI663]

When I lived in the nastier parts of San Francisco, I used to leave fast food wrappers, and other junk in my car - it looked very trashed from the outside.....I never had a window broken or anything stolen from any of my cars, and I left valuable musical equipment under the trash. Radio gear, I never had anything more than a ht in the car and it always came with me.

[WRUE951]

My vintage, don't mess with my radio  theft alarm.     

[SteveShannon]

37 minutes ago, WRUE951 said:

My vintage, don't mess with my radio  theft alarm.     

I wanted the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Special myself, which led me into a 60 year fascination with firearms. 

[WRUE951]

14 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

I wanted the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Special myself, which led me into a 60 year fascination with firearms. 

it's better to collect then to fascinate.  

[RIPPER238]

I have a full security and deterrence set up on my 4Runner. When i do my overlanding i have a lot of camping stuff i need to protect besides my radios, never know what towns i may have to stay at too.  

Tinted windows, parking/dash cams, remote start with alarm, sensitive shock sensor alarm that has 3mi range to alert on my key fob. App options too for unlimited monitoring. Also a sticker that states video/audio recording to warn would-be thieves.  

[SteveShannon]

1 hour ago, WRUE951 said:

it's better to collect then to fascinate.  

I didn’t collect; I accumulated. 

[WRUE951]

2 hours ago, SteveShannon said:

I didn’t collect; I accumulated. 

that's how you end up with 'junk'   

[WSHH887]

Well, I split the difference between collect and accumulate.  I acquire.  I do this by the simple means of impulse buying.  When I was younger purchases had to be planned and saved for.  These days I simply see it & buy it.  Turns out I have "acquired" some of my favorite things that way.  

Now some could say impulse buying is simply giving into momentary lust.  But, one of my favorite things I "acquired" do to lust (and at the time nothing more) I have been married to for 52 years.  

[ULTRA2]

16 hours ago, WSHH887 said:

Actually my preference is a .45 Colt Blackhawk. 

I prefer a 357 Magnum here

[ULTRA2]

5 hours ago, RIPPER238 said:

Also a sticker that states video/audio recording to warn would-be thieves. 

This may deter amateur thief, but professional thieves will first look around for surveillance camera's and take those out of service before they start their crime spree.

 

[WSHH887]

1 hour ago, ULTRA2 said:

This may deter amateur thief, but professional thieves will first look around for surveillance camera's and take those out of service before they start their crime spree.

 

I know you're in another part of California, but down here thieves, amateur or professional, do not fear video surveillance.  On my camera app there are videos of thefts taking place.  None are ever even investigated.  Simply put the police won't arrest, the DA won't prosecute and thus the thieves never do any jail time.  And they know it.

[ULTRA2]

16 minutes ago, WSHH887 said:

Simply put the police won't arrest, the DA won't prosecute and thus the thieves never do any jail time.  And they know it.

 

True that. 

[AdmiralCochrane]

Much the same in central Maryland.  Out in the sticks ... there is a phrase with F's that applies

[Raybestos]

11 hours ago, WRUE951 said:

My vintage, don't mess with my radio  theft alarm.     

I actually had the one on the left, as a child.  Mid-1960's I believe.  Made by Mattel.  The barrel retracted into the frame and the grip pivoted into the bottom to make a toy camera.  Push down a small lever on the outside and the barrel extended and the grip folded out, as in the picture.  I believe it fired roll caps.

[RIPPER238]

18 hours ago, ULTRA2 said:

This may deter amateur thief, but professional thieves will first look around for surveillance camera's and take those out of service before they start their crime spree.

 

The surveillance camera's are in the truck, ill be notified ether way. Nothing is 100% but weeding out the amateurs is key and catching the professionals would be nice. 

Layers of protection/deterrence is key. Like my countermeasures for police, i have 4 layers of protection from them, ticket free for longer than i can remember. 

[WRYZ926]

It never hurts to have multiple layers of security. But a determined thief will not be stopped if they want something bad enough.

My home security is a little different. I have a big dog that is half Great Pyrenees and half lab mix along with several cats. I have red lasers that track movement. The lasers will get the cats attention and they will fiercely attack what ever the lasers are pointing at. And that noise will get the dog's attention. The dog will finish what the cats started. All of which gives me plenty of time to react if I am home.  

[WRNU354]

7 minutes ago, WRYZ926 said:

It never hurts to have multiple layers of security. But a determined thief will not be stopped if they want something bad enough.

My home security is a little different. I have a big dog that is half Great Pyrenees and half lab mix along with several cats. I have red lasers that track movement. The lasers will get the cats attention and they will fiercely attack what ever the lasers are pointing at. And that noise will get the dog's attention. The dog will finish what the cats started. All of which gives me plenty of time to react if I am home.  

Everyone knows laser / cat physics with K-9 oversight is the key to any good security system!

[WRUE951]

1 hour ago, WRNU354 said:

Everyone knows laser / cat physics with K-9 oversight is the key to any good security system!

I like the laser option as well.  RED DOT for me..    Thank-You

[AdmiralCochrane]

My present feline stockpile is worthless.  I used to have one that would run toward the door and growl when someone approached, better than any dog I ever owned.  His size helped too.

[WRYZ926]

19 minutes ago, AdmiralCochrane said:

My present feline stockpile is worthless.  I used to have one that would run toward the door and growl when someone approached, better than any dog I ever owned.  His size helped too.

Start playing with them cats using a laser pointer.

My smallest cat is 6 pounds and she won't hesitate to take on the 96 pound dog. She is my ultra feather weight golden gloves champ. And she is vicious when it comes to lasers.

[WRTC928]

1 hour ago, AdmiralCochrane said:

My present feline stockpile is worthless.  I used to have one that would run toward the door and growl when someone approached, better than any dog I ever owned.  His size helped too.

Yeah, but mountain lions require a special license. 

[WRYZ926]

1 hour ago, WRTC928 said:

Yeah, but mountain lions require a special license. 

I would NOT want to clean that cat pan