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- Mar 3, 2013
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Jason Richards
Newsletters
A home invasion can be a truly nightmarish situation for the family targeted. Home invasions occur while the occupants are still inside their home and according to the FBI, most cases result in assault, rape, murder, or kidnapping.
The statistics are truly scary:
FBI statistics indicate that that every 12 seconds, a home gets invaded;
Notably, 85% of home invasions occur through the door;
Additionally, statistics indicate that 38% of assaults and 60% of rapes occur during home invasions;
Home invasions tend to occur between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
There are many ways one could prepare for a SHTF scenario and one obvious concern for every prepper is the safety of his own home. Here's a short list of what you can actually do about home protection and what can get you into serious trouble:
DOs
Install motion sensors that trigger motion lights or an alarm.
If you're not tech savvy, you can consider getting yourself a dog as a means of discouraging burglars.
You can use pepper spray systems for protecting your house. They work by spraying the intruder with a pepper solution which can incapacitate him. It is non-lethal hence it's perfectly legal to use.
You can use a silent alarm system that will send you an SMS or it will call you when an intruder is detected on your premises. These types of security systems work by detecting motion or body heat and since it's silent, you can alert the police or you can catch the thief in the act.
You can install tripwires in sensitive places. This is the low-tech solution for an early warning system. Attaching a noise-maker device on the tripwire (like a chime or a bell) will warn you in advance about an intruder.
If your property is protected by a fence, you can try to make that fence hard to scale by planting nails on top of it, or broken glass; something that will hurt the intruder. Be advised, all fences can be breached so don't bet your life on it! Also, if somebody is injured on your property, even scaling a fence, you're legally liable if you can't prove that he was committing a crime.
DON'Ts
DO NOT build actual booby traps inside of your home. They can kill or cause severe injuries to innocent people and they're actually completely illegal. Yes, you will go to jail for booby trapping your home. There are countless unfortunate stories about when booby traps harmed family members or friends.
DON'T install booby traps that work by triggering a shotgun, or any other weapon for that matter. Even if you'll manage to stop a burglar in that way (maybe even kill him), you'll be held accountable for manslaughter, not to mention that you could accidentally kill a child or the cable guy.
If you're booby trapping your own house, you might end up killing yourself by mistake. This scenario has actually happened more than once and it's maybe the most ridiculous way to die.
Using the information provided you will get through the most common home invasion scenarios.
Stay safe. Stay prepared.
Jason Richards.
Newsletters
A home invasion can be a truly nightmarish situation for the family targeted. Home invasions occur while the occupants are still inside their home and according to the FBI, most cases result in assault, rape, murder, or kidnapping.
The statistics are truly scary:
FBI statistics indicate that that every 12 seconds, a home gets invaded;
Notably, 85% of home invasions occur through the door;
Additionally, statistics indicate that 38% of assaults and 60% of rapes occur during home invasions;
Home invasions tend to occur between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
There are many ways one could prepare for a SHTF scenario and one obvious concern for every prepper is the safety of his own home. Here's a short list of what you can actually do about home protection and what can get you into serious trouble:
DOs
Install motion sensors that trigger motion lights or an alarm.
If you're not tech savvy, you can consider getting yourself a dog as a means of discouraging burglars.
You can use pepper spray systems for protecting your house. They work by spraying the intruder with a pepper solution which can incapacitate him. It is non-lethal hence it's perfectly legal to use.
You can use a silent alarm system that will send you an SMS or it will call you when an intruder is detected on your premises. These types of security systems work by detecting motion or body heat and since it's silent, you can alert the police or you can catch the thief in the act.
You can install tripwires in sensitive places. This is the low-tech solution for an early warning system. Attaching a noise-maker device on the tripwire (like a chime or a bell) will warn you in advance about an intruder.
If your property is protected by a fence, you can try to make that fence hard to scale by planting nails on top of it, or broken glass; something that will hurt the intruder. Be advised, all fences can be breached so don't bet your life on it! Also, if somebody is injured on your property, even scaling a fence, you're legally liable if you can't prove that he was committing a crime.
DON'Ts
DO NOT build actual booby traps inside of your home. They can kill or cause severe injuries to innocent people and they're actually completely illegal. Yes, you will go to jail for booby trapping your home. There are countless unfortunate stories about when booby traps harmed family members or friends.
DON'T install booby traps that work by triggering a shotgun, or any other weapon for that matter. Even if you'll manage to stop a burglar in that way (maybe even kill him), you'll be held accountable for manslaughter, not to mention that you could accidentally kill a child or the cable guy.
If you're booby trapping your own house, you might end up killing yourself by mistake. This scenario has actually happened more than once and it's maybe the most ridiculous way to die.
Using the information provided you will get through the most common home invasion scenarios.
Stay safe. Stay prepared.
Jason Richards.
