When you're talking about bored teens... whether or not there's a gun inside the house isn't going to dissuade them. Most teens wouldn't even consider worrying about this. Those that would think about it, it would simply intensify the thrill. But honestly, unless you are perched at your door holding on to the gun, it isn't too difficult to get away with crap at night.
Exactly
When I think about some of the shit I used to do as a teenager -- riding on the hood of cars going 45 mph down the street, holding on by the wiper blades; dragging random things to vacant lots and setting them on fire (including things old old furniture and car parts and air conditioners (that coolant BURNS HOT) and, once, two forty-gallon drums of used motor oil that shot hurricanes of flame and black smoke hundreds of feet in the air); moving around Christmas ornaments in front of people's houses so it looked like the characters were having sex; graffitiing train tunnels and abandoned warehouses; etc. etc. etc. -- it absolutely boggles my mind how little regard for personal safety teenagers have.
So, you NEVER drive your car???
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Holy sh*t! I usually feel pretty safe on my AFB... Although when I was forced to live on base in the dorms I had someone in a truck basically run over my quad. Luckily security cameras caught him, get out, look at my quad, and drive off. I repaired it myself for $450; looking back I wish I would've taken it to the dealer, either would've been $3000+ for repairs or totaled out for a bent frame...HELLO new $8000 quad! Ugh. I regret it.Sorry to hear about this. My 03 had a visit from an A**hole like that once. It was personal. They took the time to go all the way down the driver's side, lifted the key or whatever to get the side scoop, went around the keyhole, over the fuel door, all the way from stem to stern. That happened at work, on a Marine Corps base, at a Naval Hospital. No garage would have stopped that, unless I never took the car out of it. Thankfully I was of a senior rank and had access to security camera videos. Not only was restitution made for the damage, but they also were restricted to the base for 30 days, had extra duties for 30 days, and lost half of their pay for two months. Of course, I would have forgone all of that if they just would have let me take him out back for about 15 minutes..... At his non-judicial punishment, stated that he just hated Mustangs.....Was a Camaro fan, yet he didn't own a car:tsk:
Well, not from Radio Shack any more...
Yep, in 24 years, this was the only incident of the type I ever had. Unfortunately, I hated to think that someone junior might not have had the access or even knowledge of the cameras to ask about it. I always loathed the RHIP saying, but in this case, it helped.