WRONG! Are you at the house and awake 24 hours a day? Even if the wife takes the day shift and you man the sniper’s nest on the roof at night, you gotta go out for a beer once in a while, right?
Lookie here:
Without a home security system, your house or apartment is 2 to 3 times more likely to be broken into. For those times when you are not on the front porch cleaning the scatter gun, you might need an electric eye on your place. And why stain the wife’s brand new wallpaper and nice carpet with some idiot’s brains that you had to blow out, when you can just as easily send him down the street to try and snatch someone else’s brand new plasma TV?
Law enforcement agencies say that a home burglary occurs every :15 seconds in the US. And with unemployment at all time highs, and the economy in the toilet, there are some shady characters that would like to redistribute your wealth.
For very little money, a do it yourselfer like you yourself can buy and install a simple little home security system to keep the vermin out of your hair. And if for any reason some rodent chooses to ignore your warning signs, LED lights, and window decals, any decent system will have you, the neighbors, and a good handful of cops making “friends’ with your unwelcome visitor. And lets not forget, even the most basic modern home security systems have the capability of adding smoke, fire, CO, and flood detectors — it can alert the neighbors and fire department more easily when your indoor burger-grilling episode does not go well.
Since you’re a gadget head, it’s also relatively inexpensive to add controls for lighting, AC thermostat, and remote monitoring capabilities. It is not uncommon for a system to have alert features that not only will call a monitoring agencies, but can also be programmed to call you in case you are not home. For elderly parents or babysitters, “panic button” are pretty common these days.
Most importantly: you and the misses can feel a little more in control of your homelife. A little less apprehensive during these strange economic times, and a lot more secure, just knowing that you were the one that put it all together.
You know Bubba would never discourage you from discharging your firearm towards the buttocks of an unwelcome intruder (please see local laws and limitations on discharging weapons into intruder buttocks) but we have found it is so much easier to enjoy hearing about how a neighbor had to steam clean intruder’s buttocks out of living room carpet when your home security system has sent him down the street.
funny t shirts (2 years ago)
You make a lot of good points. A security system is a must in this day an age of a lousy economy. You really can’t put a price on protecting your family and yourself. Also like you said they are going to rob you so you are saving money by protecting your things as well.
Peace of mind is the most valuable thing in my opinion. Anyone with kids needs to invest in a home security system that is right for them no matter where they live.
alisha Frisbee@Cheap Security Cameras (1 year ago)
I love the title. Living in West Vorgonoa many people here have the exact attitude about guns being the only security needed
Anna@Houston Personal Trainer (1 year ago)
You can have guns at home to protect you but its also good to install a security camera just in case.
Caroline@San Diego Divorce (1 year ago)
Please install a camera or an alarm system, guns won’t protect you. Its helpful but so many rules how you can shoot a person without having to end up in jail.
security devices (1 year ago)
This article is so right.
You can’t depend on using your gun only.
It’s so true that you’re not awake for 24 hours. You and your wife’s not a robot that can stand by 24 hours daily.
One must really need some security system in their houses.
Bail Bonds Fairfax VA (1 year ago)
It’s good to have a gun, however IMO most burglaries are executed by people that live nearby, most criminals tend to be stupid, disorganized and lazy. A security system is a good way to make them just say, “lets just go to a house that dose not have one”. A gun only helps you when your home. Hell, guns are great targets for stealing so the fact that it’s well known you have guns is really working against you when your not home.
Me, I just don’t have much of anything worth stealing… Problem solved.