TAKE PREPAREDNESS ONE STEP FURTHER

[Borock]

I just read a post about a man's wife and friends being robbed at gun point right in his own driveway. We all talk and remind each other about being prepared and to get training to help us make smart decisions. This week I'm going to do something I've never thought of doing before and that's assess my surroundings here at home. Are there any empty houses nearby? Any big shrubs or say a motorhome being stored for the winter where a bad person could hide in wait? Assess your surroundings. We do it all the time when we're out and about. Now do it closer to home.

 

[Gluemanz28]

This is a great point Borock. I think that I sometime feel too safe at home and kind of let my guard down. I will be doing an assessment myself.

 

[The Bubba Effect]

I cut down the big shrubs by my porch because someone had been sleeping in them.

 

[MCgrease08]

I'm glad my wife's recent scary experience can serve as a lesson and a call to take action and assess your surroundings. I know it opened my eyes a little and forced me to get off my duff and implement a few plans I'd been putting off.

This thread should also have some good tips and suggestions around fortifying your homestead.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/general-firearms-discussion/321130-home-invasion-thread.html

 

[USMC-Johnson]

The idea of situational awareness is something that should never stop..You should always be assessing your surroundings whether you are in bed or walking through a mall.

Just because you have lived some where for 2 years doesnt mean it will be the same every time. It is something that needs to be passively running in your brain 24/7.

 

[Car Ramrod]

This is why I put up two mercury halide barn lights in front of my house. One is on the end of the house, over the driveway, and the other is on a pole out by the street. I live in a neighborhood, and the only places with street lights are intersections, this leaves my dead end street very dark (I had to call IMPD over a vandalism issue and even the officer commented on how dark my street was). Now it's pretty difficult to hide with these lights on, and whenever I turn the corner on to my street I always remove my seat belt and expect to see someone standing in my yard or driveway. Fortunately I haven't found anyone on my property, yet.