nonameisgood wrote:I always carry in my house and in my yard, usually open, unless it is cold.
The pizza guys know. The neighbors with good eyesight know. The BG's cruising the alley know. And the "inner city youth trying to make good" know.
And, the guy who was casing houses for burglaries a week later knows:
He showed up at the door with a solicitor ID around his neck, and began selling a "free alarm system". The idea was that by allowing them to install an alarm system on a few of the "nice houses" in the neighborhood, people would see the signs and buy a similar system. He wanted to place the sign conspicuously, and then the installation team would be back "in two weeks" to install the system. I've been around a while, and generally know a scam, so I simply told the guy that I didn't have anything to steal, as I had been remodeling the house and hadn't moved all my things in yet. I inadvertently broke my concealment while standing in the doorway.
The neighborhood watch guy checked and the solicitor's permit was not on record with the city.
Within a week, three or four houses in a four block radius had been burglarized. About as many burglaries as we had in the previous year, or two.
Deterrence. It works!
Are you saying you think the gun hanging off your side was a deterrence to the burglars?
I think you are talking about creating a public nuisance...or something like that.
