Somebody broke into my house

[Chad4000]

coincidentally I was browsing the site yesterday while my girlfriend was kinda of chillen next to me. (I'll be quick here). GF is young, and has never been around guns or literally ever even had protection cross her mind. to the point where the last time I went to her house, she didn't even have the front door locked.

well her and I had just talked about this stuff last week for essentially the first time. everything from situational awareness, to locking your car doors in the parking lot, basically starting from scratch. If it means anything to you bro, she happened to read this thread with me,, and is now VERY interested in getting up to speed on personal safety, home protection etc. Shes coming into a situation where I have a son, who she will be, at least in part, responsible for at times, and this thread pushed her into action.

thank you for sharing. and remember there's silver linings in there. learning from small examples like this, (your wife, my GF etc) is what prevents something really bad from happening in the future. Thanks!

[DaBull]

That sucks. I hear what you are saying about the piece of mind (will they come back?) part. My wife and I were home when somebody tried to break in. It took years before we could sleep soundly at night, without waking up when the house creaked. You've already started your analysis and taken some steps to take control of the situation. Good luck with that. If it helps, here is my experience:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=367025

[Lars]

coincidentally I was browsing the site yesterday while my girlfriend was kinda of chillen next to me. (I'll be quick here). GF is young, and has never been around guns or literally ever even had protection cross her mind. to the point where the last time I went to her house, she didn't even have the front door locked.

well her and I had just talked about this stuff last week for essentially the first time. everything from situational awareness, to locking your car doors in the parking lot, basically starting from scratch. If it means anything to you bro, she happened to read this thread with me,, and is now VERY interested in getting up to speed on personal safety, home protection etc. Shes coming into a situation where I have a son, who she will be, at least in part, responsible for at times, and this thread pushed her into action.

thank you for sharing. and remember there's silver linings in there. learning from small examples like this, (your wife, my GF etc) is what prevents something really bad from happening in the future. Thanks!

Im very happy that you GF has heeded the warning and is looking at protecting herself. It upsets me greatly that we even have to consider these things, but it is a sad truth these days. My wife will not even go room to room without the pistol very close right now and that pisses me off. But like you said, we can all learn from these experiences.

[Chad4000]

Im very happy that you GF has heeded the warning and is looking at protecting herself. It upsets me greatly that we even have to consider these things, but it is a sad truth these days. My wife will not even go room to room without the pistol very close right now and that pisses me off. But like you said, we can all learn from these experiences.

I posted up a year or so ago about a good friend of mine who walked in on two intruders at her house near park meadows. the year I bought my house in stonegate (bout 4 years ago) there was a forcible entry forcible rape.... in stonegate... parker...

this shit is here. it's not going away. It upsets me too that the current state of our society requires a higher level of vigilance than it used too, but these small (I know it's not small for you yet, but comparatively) examples and reacting the right way is what keeps our loved ones safe... if you need anything or want a beer or something, let us know man..