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Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by matsemann »

garborg wrote: post #125
MonkeyMalarky wrote: post #118

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People like to hate on suburbs for a lot of valid reasons but moving back to one as an adult after spending my 20s in the city was profoundly calming.

Same. I've left my garage door open on the way out so many times (in a quiet, unremarkable cul de sac -- neither upscale nor rundown) without consequence that I no longer worry about whether or not I closed it.

Never heard of a break in in the city my family is from. No one ever locks their doors. It's one of the nice things about a society where most people get the help they need, no need for people to do these crimes to survive.

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Post by anonred »

mellavora wrote: post #242
willcipriano wrote: post #26

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> say you solve the above and decide to deploy the gun. We're talking about a handgun not a artillery peice, "deployment" is taking it out of a biometric gun safe, 5 seconds max. Also you wouldn't open fire on someone just beacuse they are near your boat.

ok. So you are on your boat. Small craft with three people is rapidly approaching on a direct course. You are nervous so you grab the gun (probably more than 5 seconds because you are out on deck and the biometric safe is fixed in the cabin, but I'll give you a pass on that). Where do you aim the gun? At them? At the deck? They see you are holding a gun, get a different look on their face, and one starts to reach und…

I would shoot a warning shot into the air. But maybe at that distance it wouldn’t be clear enough and that’d just escalate the situation..

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by floren »

MerelyMortal wrote: post #240
speed_spread wrote: post #97

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Nothing like popping deck canisters of carfanyl to diperse a cloud of sweet sweet dreams. "It's for the sharks"

> carfanyl What is that? Brave Search showed results for Carvana, and I clicked "show me reaults for carfanyl," and it then showed me results for Carvana and Carnival. Google Search just shows your comment.

He meant carfentanil

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Post by edm0nd »

hgazx wrote: post #93
duxup wrote: post #53

When I bought a house I picked up a dog dish and put it by my walkout basement sliding door. Also the pond next to my house has old tennis balls show up in it now and then so I put them next to the dish. According to the local cops break ins in my area are mostly just kids going into open garage / garage side doors / back doors that are left open and stuff to steal is out and obvious and so on. I figure just the sens…

What kind of area has a significant amount of kids walking into peoples garages and stealing stuff?!

Chicago

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by kube-system »

stanislavb wrote: post #245
kube-system wrote: post #185

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Crimes of opportunity are also the most common crimes in places with more crime. What’s awesome is living somewhere that crimes of opportunity don’t even happen. There are still places where people don’t lock doors because they don’t need to.

I’d say that lots of areas in Australia are like that. Even in big cities like Syd and Melb.

I live in a medium sized US city and my truck has been parked on a city street with tools in it, unlocked, for two years. Most people lock their doors here, but even in a city known for a medium amount of crime, it isn't really that bad.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by oicu812 »

watwut wrote: post #198
throwaway0a5e wrote: post #182

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And what would the local government had done had the owner happened to be there and had put a bullet in the thief instead of waiting for the dog to do it? It's not about the outcome or the dog. It's about sending a message to everyone else in town that that level of defending one's property is not going to be let slide.

You might get charged for it.

In most of the United States, that is no longer true. The law previously required a "duty to retreat" if the home owner encountered a potentially violent assailant. However, most states now have "Castle Doctrine" laws which shift the burden of proof from the defense to the prosecutor. [0]

Most prosecutors will not charge a home owner due to this change in laws. Civil liability is separate factor, but criminal charges are rare.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by iakov »

prvit wrote: post #189
duxup wrote: post #162

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The whole "hey kids go outside and play" and I don't feel the need to monitor them is wonderful if you've got kids.

Also a perfectly normal thing in cities in most of the world.

In the ones that have an "outside" for the kids, sure. In my experience, most of the bigger cities in Europe just don't have the space for the kids to hang out. Sure there are parks with playgrounds here and there, but they are separated by kilometers of concrete and stone. At least suburbs have the spaces and the clean air.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by Nextgrid »

bjt1234 wrote: post #135
Nextgrid wrote: post #84

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A "beware of the dog" sign would probably be just as (if not more) effective regardless of whether there's an actual dog.

Dont over estimate how dumb they are. Installed security cameras, they still came onto the property. So, next I installed a sign "BEWARE OF THE SECURITY CAMERA", and didn't work, infact one guy broke into my car and simply just covered his face from the canera. So then I installed a cheap security light next to the sign that would light up when they entered. That worked.

Criminals have wisened up to the police's uselessness - in many places, video evidence of a crime even with a clear picture will no longer result in any police action.

The light still works as a deterrent because the light makes them visible to a potential occupier. They'll fear real, immediate confrontation/violence, not some lazy policeman looking 5 minutes at the picture before moving onto something easier such as kids dealing weed.

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