I wake up. It's the middle of the night, why am I awake? Did I hear something?
Slightly confused, I hesitate for a moment, and think of going back to sleep. THUMP. Ok, that was definitely a noise downstairs, maybe near the back door. My mental haze clears, and I throw off the covers. Reaching...
I came upstairs from the basement this morning to find a Census Bureau guy in my living room. Apparently my preschooler answered the door and told him he'd go get his mom, the guy let himself in behind my child and walked into my house.
As far as I'm concerned, that's home invasion. Would...
LORIS, SC
"Family decorating Christmas tree robbed by three men"
http://www.live5news.com/story/20261660/stolen-car-crashes-into-home
This place is just north of Myrtle Beach.
I searched through recent threads to see if this story has already been posted. If this is redundant, ever so sorry...
Just had someone in my house while I was having a quiet drink on the back porch with the missus. Stole both sets of car keys my wallet and the wifes handbag.
The front door was unlocked.
The scarey thing was, that I heard a sound inside so I went inside and flicked the latch on the screen...
Out of curiosity in the news section of google; I did a search term for homeowner shootings. Curiosity got to me since another forum member is having a problem with some criminals casing his home to see when they are home.
And there were so many hits in the news and they are all recent, for...
I know many people have weapons and most don’t get to shoot them that much, if they don’t have a concealed carry permit many have not had not much if any training at all. Yet many of these people have these weapons for home protection.
That is where the problem begins.
You buy a gun, you...
Squirrel870 posted a thread titled "It only took 26 minutes" that describes how fast things can get ugly when major roadways are blocked. It doesn't take much to think how things would get with more time than that and on a much larger scale.
Another scary reality of living in an urban, even a...
This happened two blocks from my house this morning 15 minutes before I left with my kids to take them to school.
Police Investigate Teen Shot At McKinney Home
McKINNEY (CBS 11 News / AP) ― Police in McKinney believe that a pair of 911 calls about a shooting came from the same neighborhood...
Preface: I was reading a thread on home invasion and saw a reference to booby traps.
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=8905
I have also been following the "Looters, How to make them pass you by" thread
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=56
The combination of these...
Listening to Local News, it's sounding like home invasions are on the rise. While there is no way of knowing who will become a victim of a home invasion. I believe it's better to be prepared than suprised...
I keep dogs, one outside and one inside, approaches are clearly visible from windows and...