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Originally Posted by macguy

I am not sorry to say, It will be one of my happiest day when Fort Lauderdale is just a memory. I don't know if there is any place where you leave the doors unlocked and life is safe but this is defiantly not the place.

Ok, I'm sure there are no burglars in the panhandle. None. You even mentioned yourself,

"I haven't been robbed in a while".

And then contradict yourself with this

It isn't supposed to be like this, I can't even leave my house anymore without worrying about it being broken into?

That being said, I'm very sorry for your loss of your sense of safety, and hope you don't have to deal with that again. That's an experience I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

Ok, I'm sure there are no burglars in the panhandle. None.

That being said, I'm very sorry for your loss, and hope you don't have to deal with that again.

when we colonize the moon, the 2nd guy there will be a burglar

[macguy]

Originally Posted by ucfjtm

How do you figure? They broke into his bedroom when was just jumping up from bed. He had a machete - which is essentially bringing a knife to a gunfight. You're referring to Sean Taylor..
NFL's Sean Taylor dies of gunshot wound - CNN.com

"Sean was awakened with his girlfriend and 18-month-old baby," Sharpstein said. There were "noises, thumps in the living room." Taylor "got up and locked the bedroom door. Before he could do anything, the door was kicked in and two shots were fired -- one hit him in the leg, one went into the wall."


If he had a gun and took defensive position at a bathroom doorway or behind a bed, somewhere to provide some cover, he may have been able to defend his family when the door was kicked in.

And for kshe95girl, like you said, you're a big girl. You've got the support and legal right to defend yourself. Rural area or not, police are rarely going to arrive in time to prevent you from being attacked if the criminal decides that's your fate. If I'm targeted, I'm not going to let them make that choice.

I didn't know that, the first report I read said he went into the room to see what the noise was.

[flburgos]

i hate to say this, but if i ever caught someone in my home and i had a gun even if they turned and ran with their back to me my anger would take over and you know the rest.

[compelled to reply]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

when we colonize the moon, the 2nd guy there will be a burglar

Pretty much :/

[Wild Style]

Originally Posted by CJFlorida

We had the same thing happen when we lived in West Palm beach a few years ago.

But macguy....really, just leave the second you realize something was wrong and call the cops from the cell phone. Guys high on meth keep coming and have crazy drug strength. It is not your deal to search the house for them, gun or no gun. Thats what your taxes pay cops for.

crazy drug strength lol

[Lindsey_Mcfarren]

Originally Posted by flburgos

i hate to say this, but if i ever caught someone in my home and i had a gun even if they turned and ran with their back to me my anger would take over and you know the rest.

Yea, thats how I feel. I sleep with one in my bedside table. If all my alarm does is give me enough warning to wake up and grab it, it will have done its job.

[macguy]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

Ok, I'm sure there are no burglars in the panhandle. None. You even mentioned yourself,


And then contradict yourself with this


That being said, I'm very sorry for your loss of your sense of community, and hope you don't have to deal with that again. That's an experience I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

It's been about 5 years and it was pretty much the same thing. They came in when the house was empty. I have a feeling somewhere else I won't see young adults riding bikes through the neighborhood casing houses, I see this everyday in my area. I must have called the cops 50 times about suspicious people and there isn't much they can do. It would be silly to not thing living in an area like Fort lauderdale your exposure to petty and serious crime is much higher. Regardless, what happened happened.

[Wild Style]

Originally Posted by macguy

Unless you put bars on the windows you have no defense. Someone willing to just smash their way in locks make no difference, there is nothing you can do. Even an alarm doesn't help because the crime happens so fast. I guess your only defense is the house can't look empty.

that and get your self a Akita. A friend of the family had one back home. That thing was the terror of the block. Those are some of the most fiercely loyal and barbaric dogs i have ever seen. If I ever get a house I plan to have one posted up in the yard.

[compelled to reply]

Originally Posted by macguy

It would be silly to not thing living in an area like Fort lauderdale your exposure to petty and serious crime is much higher. Regardless, what happened happened.

Can't deny that one at all. The last sentence is the essence of it. I mean I don't have burglars riding around bicycles in my neighborhood, nor do a majority of county residents, but the bottom line is, if your neighborhood has it, it has it, and it's a problem. And theres a lot of that in the city of Fort Lauderdale. I mean on the there are blocks in Tallahassee where you would find the same thing. But no matter what or where, crime is crime.

And about putting bars on your windows, thats no defense either. I was in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights, wild style) walking down a pretty nice block at about 10 at night, and I saw some masked guy with a crowbar trying to break the burglar bars off of a basement window. If they want in, they get in.