Gitzo Loc: Indiana

I just received this "advice" in an email..........



Put your car keys beside your bed at night.

Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your parents, your Dr's office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night.
If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car.

The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.
This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage.

If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won't stick around. After a few seconds, all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that. And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there. This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime.

P.S. I am sending this to everyone I know because I think it is fantastic. Would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can't reach a phone. My Mom has suggested to my Dad that he carry his car keys with him in case he falls outside and she doesn't hear him. He can activate the car alarm and then she'll know there's a problem.
Please pass this on even IF you've read it before. It's a reminder.


Comments;

Well, it's an idea I suppose, but I can already see several things wrong with it........

#1. You're simply "putting off" a big "problem"; if you have someone whose intent is to break into your house and you temporarily "scare them off".......they'll probably come back?

So what are you going to do the second time you hear them outside? Or say you do hit the "panic button" and your horn starts honking......now you have to go outside to "deal" with the damn horn honking, or pretty soon you're going to have a dead battery! (Not to mention, you'll have to listen the damned horn honking yourself! )

#2. Here's another idea; instead of your car keys, keep your gun beside your bed; when you hear anyone attempting to break in, grab your gun, position yourself and "wait" till the perp is INSIDE your house; at that point, you have two options; option No. 1 is, while "covering" the perp with your gun, yell "STOP"......if he does stop, immediately call the cops and explain to the perp that it's better than "leaving in a bag" !

Option two; wait till the perp is inside, but instead of yelling, shoot the perp first, THEN call the cops. (This way he won't come back, you won't have to listen to the honking horn, and you won't end up with a dead battery; ) (but you will end up with a dead perp.......)

If enough home owners use option #2., in a short time, we won't be having so many perps running around breaking into people's houses. BTW.....if you DO decide to make option 2 your pre-arranged "strategy", make damned sure first that your jurisdiction has the "castle doctrine", and also that your prosecutor and your DA aren't democRATS or you may end up in court for a year (and broke ), instead of merely risking having a dead battery. In any case, do your "planning" BEFORE you have anyone trying to break into your house, rather than WHILE they're breaking in.

P.S. The first "PS" was in the email and not from me.

rvenn

That is a GOOD idea!! Just clip your car keys to the front sight!

Andy-j Loc: Stoke-on-Trent UK

Bloody hell, England's boring we don't even have panic buttons.

tramsey Loc: Texas

Thanks for the tip and the post. I'm going to do the honkin horn one. I don't want to be on the news.

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

I can put my Volkswagen and SAAB into a harmony alarm. Then the .380 with an 8 round clip semi automatic and my AR 15 with a 30 round clip to insure he/she is not alive to testify I was laughing while filling them with holes.

Sarge69

Gitzo Loc: Indiana

Hey Sarge......whadaya shoot with that there .380, sparrow birds? (rof,lmao! )

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Hopefully the shell will knock them out with a head shot. Saving up for a glock or a .45 cal.

Sarge69

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Funny storey. Years ago, my wife and I were staying overnight at her grandparents' house. During the night, the car alarm on the neighbor's Cadillac went off. My wife said to me, being the handy guy that I am, "Go out and see if you can shut that off."

Although I was barely awake, I knew was a bad idea. Imagine me standing outside, fussing with this Cadillac as the police arrive.

Old Sarge Loc: Moore, OK

I have a Taurus 1911 .45 . Less expensive than a Colt and a very good shooter. Have had no problems whatsoever. In fact it is my daily cc piece.

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Have to remember that. Looking down the barrel, the intruder would not know the difference right ?

Sarge69

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

You'd have to keep the lights on at night so the burglar could see the weapon. Otherwise, the fear factor goes out the window (no pun intended). You need that moment of terror before the trigger is pulled. :D

Ka2azman Loc: Tucson, Az

Something to contemplate. It might seem to be a good Idea of not using the key fob, but the second method has a hidden problems. Blood is very hard to clean up. Changing out he rug, look at the commercials on TV of trying to get stains out of a rug,or trying to clean it up off tile grout, or from between the boards of a wooden floor. These might prove to be more expensive than getting a dead battery going again. Also there is blood splatter on the walls let alone the hole to repair, and how many walls needing hole repairing? Bullet doesn't necessarily stop at one wall.

Had a neighbor commit suicide with a gun. Cost the owners of the house I believe it was $1500 for what was called forensics clean up.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

My neighbor was very neat and tidy. When he decided to end his life, he went out in the woods behind his house and shot himself. No one noticed the sound of the shot. Unfortunately, it was his daughter who discovered him when she came for a visit. Suicide is a cruel way to go.

Ka2azman Loc: Tucson, Az

I believe it was his brother who found him, because he wasn't going to work and not answering his phone.

Gitzo Loc: Indiana

I definitely would recommend a Glock, but not a .45, for 4 or 5 reasons; ammo costs too much to shoot a lot, and you NEED to shoot a lot; also, .45 rounds are much "fatter", so you get fewer in the mag; by far the most practical, very light recoil, much cheaper to shoot a lot, is 9 X 19; No, it's NOT for stopping elephants, but it will damn well handle any home defense or street perp "problem"; ( plus a bunch of countries MP's use them. )

For a little more to shoot, and will stop ANYTHING you're likely to need to stop, .40 is IT! (More LEO's in the U.S. use the .40 cal Glock than all other guns put together; (and you don't go from "just starting out" to ruling the whole LEO market in just 30 years unless you really have something special; best of all.....Glocks are inexpensive.