| 3 reasons I need to be watchful.
1: I live in Greene County, land of the meth lab. folks have been busted in my own neighborhood for making the stuff. So there are unsavoury folks about at times.
2: My house is 400 feet from the street and there is basically wilderness on 3 sides of me. So I can be pretty sure neighbors wont be calling me if someone is prowling about.
3: My wife is a probation officer and has been threatened many times.
This is why I have strong doors, 2 dogs and a gate on my stairs that you cant open if you don't know how. I have a shotgun and a .45 if needed, and the wife has her .38, BUT Shooting somebody is the last resort I would take, not the first.
That said: If someone breaks in, kills the dogs and makes their way up the stairs, I will be pretty sure they arent just checking the meter. |