Crime and racism - a good time to consider concealed carry

Browns149

Was the guy in your friends house black? You didn't state that in your story?

calfoxwc

Don't know, they didn't say. Their neighbors are so shaken up, that they

didn't want to bother them for a few more days....

The whole neighborhood is doing due diligence with their alarm systems now.

Our friends always were, and their kids went to them and thanked them for

being so good about keeping the alarm system operating at all times.

Now, they have talked a bit about getting a gun, if things keep happening, or

for when they are traveling at night.

Neither one of them ever owned a gun, but we were talking about it one evening,

since my ccw is good in N.C., too... and he went out the next week, and was firing

guns with the police chief, who goes to their church.

You just don't know anymore.

The Cysko Kid

Alarm systems can be awesome or kind of useless depending on how much you want to spend. Mine is awesome. Your basic system...well...

Westside Steve

@the-cysko-kid said:
Alarm systems can be awesome or kind of useless depending on how much you want to spend. Mine is awesome. Your basic system...well...

Well when are you gonna be down?

WSS

MLD Woody

@the-cysko-kid said:
The more black panthers and morons like this dingle berry talk the worse black looks.

There are minorities of every group that run their mouth and make the whole of the group look bad.

WalterWhite

@mld-woody said:

There are minorities of every group that run their mouth and make the whole of the group look bad.

Blacks, who make up 13 percent of the U.S. population, were 38 percent of the state prison population.

I'd rather live in a WASPY neighborhood than a black neighborhood.

Please you guilt ridden dope, tell me where else on earth they behave like this? Unless it's Muslim savages?

MLD Woody

I can't. I have too much white guilt

WalterWhite

@mld-woody said:
I can't. I have too much white guilt

I know and if I were a person of color I would find that white guilt more offensive, patronizing, and condescending than actual racism.

Axe

I had an eye opening experience with my monitored alarm system a little while back.. I had gotten home early and was doing some serious renovations to my house. I had backed my Black Dodge Truck with a Black Topper up to the front door to roll out my air hoses, elec cords etc etc.. I walked in the front door just as my wife went out the back to work and set the alarm. I ran around outside the house to say bye.. The alarm went off, I scurried in to disable it and wait for the call from the Alarm Co. The call looking for my last 4 SS#s never came so i went about my business.

I went into the bathroom and took a leak with the fan going, walked out, down the hall, around the corner in to my LR and right into the business end of a 38 with about a 65 yr old short pudgy Dept Sheriff on the other end.. Dude had a BAD case of the shakes! I could see the wheels turning, he was thinking "SHIT!! two weeks to retirement and look at the size of this SOB!!

I honestly thought this man was going to shoot me out of fear in my own Living Room.. I backed up, he backed up and I told him my wallet was right there on the counter.. Look at my driver's Lic.. I OWN THIS HOUSE!! Not sure who felt more relief when it was over..

All because my alarm Co did not make the pre requisite call to establish whether the alarm was legit or not.

He rolled up on a Black Dodge truck backed up to the front door looking like a load up.. I didn't hear him yell upon entry because I was in the bathroom with the fan on.. I felt bad for him.. He was still shaking when he left.. I probably was too.

The Cysko Kid

Depends on the signal that was sent. If a zone was set up as a panic or a 24 hour alarm they won't call they'll simply dispatch the cops.

The Cysko Kid

If you have a false alarm and they don't call it's your responsibility to call them and verify that it was a false alarm. Most police departments will start billing you if you roll them more than twice on false alarms.

The Cysko Kid

Generally you'll hear your keypad beeping, in your scenario, to alert you to the fact that your alarm is set.

The Cysko Kid

@westside-steve said:

Well when are you gonna be down?

WSS

You still interested in that then?

Axe

Yeah, well, I guess they fired that girl for nothing then didn't they.. Not at my request either. Never presume you know more than the person conveying the experience. I have alarm systems on multiple homes I own and two businesses I own.. I'm very aware of how the zones are set up on each.. This was just an extremely bad set, almost a perfect storm for disaster set of circumstances..

Regardless, With the acquisition of #3 that I closed on Dec 31st, I'll be getting my CC permit soon.. I hate that society makes me feel that to be necessary.

The Cysko Kid

I will always assume I know more about it than you.

Axe

@the-cysko-kid said:
I will always assume.

That's always a winning strategy

The Cysko Kid

Yeah I've put probably 50,000 alarm systems in from private homes to museums to fortune 500 companies. It's a fair assumption I know more about it than you.

The Cysko Kid

I play guitar but won't assume I know more about metal solos than you.

The Cysko Kid

I can promise you that you ignored your entry delay warning tone from your keypad. I can also feel confident that your monitoring company would not have fired someone for not calling you prior to dispatch unless it was a chronic problem. I've seen dispatchers keep their jobs after rolling fire trucks to jobs where the accounts were on test which is a waste of taxpayer resources.

Axe

@the-cysko-kid said:
Yeah I've put probably 50,000 alarm systems in from private homes to museums to fortune 500 companies. It's a fair assumption I know more about it than you.

And a close relative owns the franchise that installed and operates all of my systems in a state far far from you..

Quit digging.. Seriously

Back away and just breath...