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In reply to the discussion: chris matthews "you don't need a gun in DC". [View all]DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)getting a taser (which is legal here). i'd rather taser the person until the sheriff gets here. i really don't want to kill anyone, but i don't want to be killed or raped either.
it does take a long time for the sheriff to get here. the alarm company has to notify them and they have to drive up the hill to get here.
i really don't worry too much about it. my road has only one way in and out and you have to drive slowly. anyone who came up here with the intent of doing harm should have 2nd thoughts, but i'd rather be safe than sorry. also they are taking the chance that the homeowner's are armed.
most of the crime that takes place in phoenix is drug related or some crazed husband or wife who shoots their spouse. i should also add crazed girlfriend or boyfriend.
about 10 years ago in a very nice neighborhood just north of here a man was shot and killed in the daytime in his home -- a robbery gone bad. we had some breakins in a subdivsion just south of here where the houses are close together.
i keep my alarm on at all times. i don't understand why people don't have alarm systems. before we left new york when our house was under construction i arranged for an alarm company to install one.