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What's your backup plan?

thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
Do any of you other feller's have a backup plan for home protection. I guess what I mean is... In the best situation, I'll hear the break in, wake up, and be able to acquire my shotgun before the vict... I mean perp comes through my bed room door. I've always been a sound sleeper and apparently the other night, I slept through the sound of a glass bottle breaking in the bathtub from only a few feet away. The dog knocked over the empty from my nightcap and I'll be damned if I didn't even open my eyes. This got me wondering what I would do if the vict... DOH! perp was able to into my bedroom before I could wake. My shotgun, though close and out of plain sight, wouldn't be accessible enough for this situation. I was thinking a knife under my pillow perhaps but this makes me a little jumpy since I tend to shift a lot during the night I would probably end up impaling myself. A gun under the pillow would be way too uncomfortable. What do you guys do?Suggestions?Munkey
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sneak into your own house tonight and beat the livin' sh*t out of your dog with a paper or a magazine. Scare the crap out of 'im. He'll never sleep through someone coming in as long as he lives.Clouder..
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  • salzosalzo Member Posts: 6,396 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Clouder- I would think that your technique would be better if the Monkey hired someone to do the "beat the dog" method of home security. The dog would probably recognize the monkey,which means the dog MIGHT not react the way you suggest, and might have a bit of an anxiety problem whenever he sees the monkey, bearing newspapers.
    Happiness is a warm gun
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Three dogs that go off when anyone approaches the house. They even bark at the mailman and the trash guy and that's broad daylight. Motion sensor floodlights.As far as intruders.....BTDT.I sleep like a baby.Mudge the confident
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A Mossberg 835 Ultimag with light target loads (#7 1/2's). Soon to be outfitted with the Sidewinder system found at www.knoxx.com
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Beating your own dog won't work. The dog knows you not only by sight, but by smell as well- he will know it's you. Get a small dog- they love to bark at any noise. A motion detector connected to a loud buzzer. An infared beam connected to a loud buzzer. A bell on the doors. A lock on the bedroom door. I don't know for sure what else you could do w/o an alarm system.
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  • ysacresysacres Member Posts: 294 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm not sure munkyes dog would survive if someone beat the crap outa it, He's just a little fella. knee high to a grasshopper.You need some kind of alarm to wake you up munkey, rather it be the pomeranian barking at the vict..Er, Or maybe scarring the intruder away with lights and alarm.The alternitve would be to tie a string to the trigger of your shotgun, from the door, from the window, Datt'le vwake ya'll up.
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  • s.guns.gun Member Posts: 3,245
    edited November -1
    Pepper Spray could be kept real handy.
    I am confused at times.We park on driveways anddrive on parkways.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What about Stun Guns?Any of you have any experience with them?What is the minimum voltage you need? 100k, 500k, 650k?How well do they work?The Electric Funk Munkey
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do some home wiring on a warning system using a motion detector in the house connected to light and/or sound system - it works. Personally, I use my cane as a backup in and out of house and a Ruger Sp101 .357 in the magazine pouch of the recliner I sleep in due to my back. Mrs. Gunpaq has me, pepper spray and Coast Guard marine air horn as backup.
    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    I am the back up. First line of defense at my house is two Great Danes. Has worked pretty good so far. Have not been broken into, have not been assaulted, battered, robbed, murdered, etc.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Signs saying the "Property Under Video Survelance"....or "Beware of Snakes"....
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will sneak into your house late at night and beat the cr-- out of you with a newspaper, then steal the dog. You will never again drink beer in the shower or sleep through the night.Actually, after being broken into while we were at work (he kicked in the sliding glass door in back), we opted for security wrought iron on all the doors and windows. The boss sleeps a lot better when I am hunting and that leaves the 12 guage, the .357 and her .38 as the backups which is probably better. [This message has been edited by He Dog (edited 01-14-2002).][This message has been edited by He Dog (edited 01-14-2002).]
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sure He Dog. I don't know what you're smoking, but don't try it at my house.
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  • Richie RichRichie Rich Member Posts: 439 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ADT signs at each corner of the house, lights on photo-cells,alarm sys. that beeps when a door or window is opened, 2 snauzers that roam the house at night and a beagle in the bedroom (cuz she can't be trusted alone),wife has a 40 s&w on her side I have a 45 and rem 1100 with a 7 shot mag extender and 18" barrel it's full of handicap spreaders
    Remember,"your woman may not find you handsome, But atleast she'll find ya handy". I love that show..............
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  • thebutcherthebutcher Member Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    three armed people under one roof.
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  • pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Come on down 'n see.HEHEHEHEHEHE!!!
    Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd be careful if you ever choose to install iron bars on the windows. Every year I hear about people dying (usually the kids) in house fires when they can't get out the windows.One inexpensive alternative is to get one of those electronic door wedges that you stick under your door at night (Radio Shack). If somebody opens the door the lever is released and the wedge puts out a ear-piercing tone. I think they're less than $20.Other than that, maybe a Q-Tip for the ol' ears?
    Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Normally I keep my lil attack puppy in my room, in his cage, where he can see the front door. But with my luck, he'll prolly be asleep when the vict... DAG NABBIT!!! perp breaks in. He sure is a great dawg though. One of those yappy lil critters that runs around yer feet like a maniac. The other night he got bored playing with his toys, so he crawls up on the couch, curls up in my lap and sighs... Gosh I love that nasty ole mutt.the Sentimental MunkeyPs. I'm not an Alcoholic, I just enjoy a good brew and a hot bath... ahhhhhh
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  • BullzeyeBullzeye Member Posts: 3,560
    edited November -1
    I've got a giant huskie with a serious case of one owner syndrome. He wont let my father touch him, and he sleeps in my room.It gets to be trouble when someone new comes to the house. If the guy sits quietly and doesnt make jerky moves or eye contact, Buck will usually give him a good sniffing and leave him alone. Usually. If he smells like another dog there's usually big trouble.After seeing how fast and brutally he kills (and usually eats) woodchucks and rabbits in the backyard, I pity the poor bastad' who so much as looks at Buck cross.
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Monkey:Move to Idaho! We don't have that kinda crap goin' on. My brother has a sign on his gate "If you trespass here at night, you'll be found here in the morning"Clouder..
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  • MNTNMANMNTNMAN Member Posts: 46 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ONE REALLY OVERPROTECTIVE CHESSIE. I PICKED UP HER FOOD DISH TO FILL IT ONE DAY AND NOW I AM MISSING A FINGER NAIL. BUT SHE SLEEPS ON THE FLOOR NOW.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mom and dad (and little bro) had a break-in while they were all working in the middle of the day several few years ago. Good thing my leave request for that week was denied or I would have been home when it happened. I say "good thing" because I would have ended up loading grandpa's shotgun (that was before I knew about Damascus steel). The door was ripped right out of the frame with what appeared to be a battering ram. At least that is what the damage to the door suggested. They didn't find grandpa's shotgun but they managed to find the watch that I inherited from grandpa which he wore when he was in the Army. Turns it it was worth about $500 as a collector's item.
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No flash lights ! darkness is my friend ,I am on my turf , sharp silent and deadly knifes seen and at hand only for me ....The guy will know he is dead when he sees his body falling to the floor ,after that is worst , he will feel mi ki force sending his misserable soul to the bowels of hades in the 9th infernal level HAAA HA HA HA HA !he will die twice in the same day !
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    'Clouder,You ever go to Idaho City? They've got a great Mayor there.
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Si:Name's Tom. Nice folks there. I pan for gold in the area.Clouder..
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    Two dogs. Two guns. My wife is a green belt and getting mean. ADT system. I sleep ok.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,599 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    TSM,We are dealing with multiple problems here. First the drinking. No I don't mean cut down, I mean go to plastic Miller bottles in the shower for safety reasons. Second, you need a new or additional dog. Is your dog on drugs? I have 2 Bullmastiffs that prey every night that someone will break in just so they have something to do! Seriously, the door alarm isn't a bad idea. Also, I have one of those clock radios with the pistol compartment, since my safes are in the next room. Granted you still have to be awake. That's where the dogs come in. I think BlueTic has the best solution. BTW, Blue, does that wife of yours have a single sister?
    cbxjeffIt's too late for me, save yourself.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    my great dane just woofs a few times.only a dead person could sleep through her "woofs". barto
    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    just put a sign like this out front in your yard http://www.guntruths.com/Resource/Posters/three_nights_a_week.htm
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    Sorry - both of her sisters got hitched. I like that sign though....
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    'Clouder, I must be thinking of another city. He is just about to be or has just been sworn in. His name is Ron Hood.
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  • loader44loader44 Member Posts: 92 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Two Great Danes, 17 different weapons, everybody in the house can hit ANYTHING they can see.Both my boys and my wife are GREAT shots, if the dogs don't eat you, I will after i kill you.Also, if your brave enough to " TRY " to break into my house in the spring or summer, better have a long stick, to keep the rattle snakes away.loader44.
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