When I lived in an apartment, I put up things like this:
I kept the battery compartment cover off the one on the door and just turned the on/off switch when going in/out the door.
Not monitored, but, for waking you up/alerting you, good
With a little more money, anybody can get a full house monitored alarm. There are many choices that are 100% wireless, and all battery except the base station that plugs into the wall. Mine is like that in my house, would be fine for a renter as every remote door/window sensor is battery and wireless
There is never any reason to leave your door unlocked. My sister-in-law left her front door unlocked while she was in the back yard once and someone walked into her house. We always have our door locked and we lock our bedroom door at night while we’re in bed. And keep your gun with you at all times. I’m always amazed that the people in these accounts are able to get to their gun with the bad guys already in the house and not get killed. You are already in reaction mode in a home invasion, don’t put yourself even more behind the curve by leaving your door unlocked and being unarmed.
I am not armed right now. Sweat pants and sweat shirt on the couch, lounging, guns are all behind locks. Locked and reinforced doors + dogs are in place to buy some time. Won’t be opening any exterior doors except the back door on the 2nd story deck after looking out the window first.
If you have a wife working out in the gardens and young son running in and out all the time both randomly using either the front or the back door there is little chance of keeping the doors locked during the day.
If we didn’t live in an incredibly low crime rural neighborhood I would likely have to purchase some combo lock doors. But my wife would be pretty pissed having to unlock the door every time she came in to grab something.
If you park in the driveway and have an attached garage, you should anyway, lock the door between the garage and the house. If they get in your truck, they’re in your house.
Well, yes, because there are. Obviously, laws vary from state to state and there are always other factors involved in such situations. But the point is that if doors were locked and entry was gained by forcible or unusual means, that on its own would be a reasonable indication of malicious intent, and would give the homeowner the presumption of self-defense. If an intruder simply walked in through an unlocked door, there could still be justification depending on other factors, but the intruder’s mere presence could not be considered a threat justifying the use of lethal force.
The point is to protect an “innocent intruder” who may have mistakenly entered the wrong home, or otherwise entered with no harmful intent. Entry through an unlocked door certainly doesn’t nullify self-defense either, the presumption just isn’t automatic as it most likely would be if forced entry were involved.
I’ve often wondered about installing a kill switch to my electric garage door, since the openers are in my cars parked in the driveway (break into my car and you’re into the garage). Something next to the open/close button outside the door into the garage. Is there such a thing?
I know you can buy garage door openers now that have that built in from the factory, just a button on the panel with the open/close button that, when pressed, disables remote access
We lock everything. Even going back a double checking. I told some friends once on this subject, That they need to make their their selves a hard target not a soft one Something we interconnect with this is awareness.
Thanks so much for your input. Very rarely does anyone try and help! I did use my fists but I’m 55 and the assailant is in his 30’s. The police report says according to the assailant I attacked him. Considerable damage with my fists. I wish I knew the correct people who need to know about this. My wife and I feel we need to at least get the word out about Isanti county. We have lived here our whole lives. This isn’t the first time where they chose side’s and punished people for there own reasons! Dave D
Something we interconnect with this is awareness.