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benjiyon t1_ixbxlwe wrote

Call a locksmith immediately and get your locks changed as quickly as possible.

Don’t keep your keys near a window. At night, draw the curtains so people can’t look in.

Look for a burglar alarm you can set when leaving the house and also when you go to bed.

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Alternative-Half-783 t1_ixegn2r wrote

As above. With a side note... get a gun.

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GardenRave0416 t1_ixfeu1i wrote

A lot of shootings during burgles, the burglar is using the burglar's gun. So that would be a double edged sword.

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lionhearted1985 t1_ixfk5vu wrote

This is not a true story. It’s possible, doesn’t happen often- but what does happen is, if you have a gun, you stop the burglary quickly.

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Dull_Lavishness7701 t1_ixfpbq7 wrote

The number of times someone has stopped a burglar with a gun in the home is soooo tiny. Especially compared to the number of people that live in the house that wind up killed by that same gun. This good guy with a gun myth is ridiculous

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2b3o4o t1_ixfy1oe wrote

Do you have the stats on that? I'd wonder why that would be the case since any guns would presumably be hidden somewhere a burglar wouldn't find quickly.

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Dull_Lavishness7701 t1_ixfyvzx wrote

The burglar is not the one doing the killing. Usually there's an accident, suicide it just plain old murder. But the odds are wildly against someone "getting" a home invader Burglars are opportunists, they take easy targets where theyre pretty sure no one is home

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gentrifiedSF t1_ixgl355 wrote

I worked with a man, well trained member of the NRA, always talked about gun safety. Someone broke into his home and there was a struggle and he was sadly murdered by the intruder in his own home.

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