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In reply to the discussion: So what's wrong with home security systems? [View all]FarCenter
(19,429 posts)13. More neighborhood defense is also needed.
Note that those who can afford it live in gated compounds and buildings with doormen to ensure that only persons with a legitimate purpose can gain entry.
Every neighborhood needs fences, card operated gated, surveillance cameras, etc. The technology is available to make security available at an affordable price for most people.
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There are almost as many tales of successful home defense as accidental gun-related homicides
Orrex
Jan 2013
#117
Saw a PBS documentary on the evolution of dogs from wolves a while back...
markpkessinger
Jan 2013
#139
If it takes the cops 15 minutes to get to your house, a home security system isn't going to get them
Brickbat
Jan 2013
#2
And we all know there are armed ruffians roaming about attacking schools
The Straight Story
Jan 2013
#16
He provided links to prove it. Guess *he's* not the one that's full of shit...
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#136
If guns are the most important thing in the world to these people who will vote GOP
AndyA
Jan 2013
#39
I think you will find yourself in the minority among democrats if you are against the 2nd.
Puzzledtraveller
Jan 2013
#103
We have an ADT security system and guns ...by request of my wife ...who keeps track ...
L0oniX
Jan 2013
#5
Nothing that isn't fixed by the addition of claymore mines to the lot's boundaries
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#8
What a clever way you have of ignoring the obvious point that I was making.
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2013
#38
He's not calling the poster a liar; he's saying that the anecdote is unbelievable
Orrex
Jan 2013
#65
I never claimed to know everything, but I can spot a fishy-sounding story a mile away
Orrex
Jan 2013
#104
Why would the phrase "he identified himself as a cop" make you think he was
Common Sense Party
Jan 2013
#110
That is one damned agile burglar, was it one of those portable televisions he was watching?
CBGLuthier
Jan 2013
#83
The more home security systems there are, the more often they will malfunction.
randome
Jan 2013
#30
They're expensive to buy, more expensive to keep, and they don't work. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#45
What, do you sell them? Out here where I live, not one thing you said is true.
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#128
I'm rather fond of poisonous gas myself, "kill'm like cockroaches!" I'd say, but that's illegal.
hunter
Jan 2013
#56