4 small bolts and nothing in the way on most trucks. 5 minutes or less.
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Scumbags came through the neighborhood last night.....
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4 small bolts and nothing in the way on most trucks. 5 minutes or less.
Gotta agree. Why the hell aren't your doors locked!?! I don't care where you live - If you don't take the cautionary steps to avoid theft, then why are you looking to reprimand it? Honestly, if somebody breaks into my car - that means they literally broke a window...Condition yellow, or you're asking for it.
Are you kidding me!?!? Way to bend over for the criminals. Not trying to sound rude, but that's the type of attitude that they hope for. tsk tsk...
Shark_Cage
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Hello, 1971 is calling, lock your sh*t up.
mibro
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Probably been answered already but police would be arresting you when they show up.
If I were to directly intervene in a driveway burglary-in-progress I'd call the police from inside my house then go outside with a 2,000 lumen flashlight. It sounds silly but one sweep across the eyes with that beast and you're blind for a while. I'm sure this effect is even better at night.
I think the better approach is to keep your valuables in the house. Who leaves their wallet in an unlocked car?
Evadd
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While you may have been the victim of the occasional crime, after your car has busted windows 5 times you'll probably change your mind about your statement. I have friends who had to park on the street in the city, and had their cars broken into repeatedly. When they started leaving them unlocked with the empty glove compartment open to show there's nothing of value inside, the break-ins stopped. How many times will you repair your window because you feel like the you're making a statement about how you're standing up to them?
When you go to Hawaii, they explicitly tell you that when you go to the beach: 1) do not leave valuables in your car, and 2) do not lock your car.
The reason being that if you lock the car, they will smash the window to see what's inside, and they'll get your valuables anyway.
I have never had my rental broken into the times I have been there, but it is a big problem.
Yup some car windows can be more expensive then everything in the car, and depending on your insurance, deductibles and where you live, locking your doors is not always the best decision,
Best thing to do is not leave valuables in the vehicle, locked or not its just to easy to get inside of them,
Although I do believe the disrespect some people have for others property is just disgusting, too many people have sticky fingers that will not hesitate to grab anything not bolted down,
But as much as anyone should be able to leave there vehicle or stuff unlocked and not worry about it, in reality you have to protect your property by not making it visible and or making it not worth the trouble
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Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying I don't understand the reasoning behind leaving the car unlocked. But where does that get us, as a society? What does that say? And being the group we are, that sounds way too "progressive" for my likes. Just being a good victim if you ask me.
For instance, my car's wheels were stolen (as you can see in my picture), so now I have two different locking lugs, and I keep my car parked under a seriously bright light (that my neighbors hate, but too bad, so sad). I don't leave a jack and jack stands with my car, so as to prevent damage to my vehicle.
Like I said, I get the idea, I hate that its the answer to the problem though.
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For instance, my car's wheels were stolen (as you can see in my picture), so now I have two different locking lugs, and I keep my car parked under a seriously bright light (that my neighbors hate, but too bad, so sad). I don't leave a jack and jack stands with my car, so as to prevent damage to my vehicle.
Like I said, I get the idea, I hate that its the answer to the problem though.
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On a side note, even though you should know better then leaving things unsecured in the world we live in, I do not put falt on you, since no damn person should be going into someone else's property taking what they know is not there's to take, I hope these ass hats get caught
You think junkies don't break into cars in Texas?
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I learned a trick from a guy who lived in NYC for years. When he parked on the street he lock his car, but first open the glove box door and throw the contents on the front seat, then leave the glovebox door open so the light stayed on. Even junkies assumed he'd already been broken into.
it's the "All your stuff belong to us" mentality. What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine. The idiots doing the whole Occupy Wall Street were fine with "you share your stuff with me" (electricity, water, bathrooms) but they'd go off the rails if you even looked funny at their iPhone. That's all based on their idea of Socialism: you have more than me so I can have some of yours. But they fail to realize that someone may have less than them...
Nice, not sure how well that works for longer sit times, even a glove box light can kill a car battery in a night
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You think junkies don't break into cars in Texas?
Sure they do. Never said they didnt.
But you can also shoot them if you so choose for stealing your shit.
Sorry to upset all the petty theft apologists around here
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No, it is mostly our opiate epidemic. Junkies quickly lose all of their values and morals when they are dope sick.
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You think junkies don't break into cars in Texas?
Interesting (offbase) conclusion based off what he is saying....
This which is why the WOD is total failure.
5 minutes at most. tailgates are stolen regularly as well
I doubt they'd fire on him unless he was dressed as a dog.
My cousin had his fords tailgate taken and it is not cheep to replace, I'm glad my pickup came with a lock but I know that's only a deterent for someone lookin for a easy score
This spring my wife woke me up @ 1.30am and told me there was someone out behind our barn. I put on a bathrobe, grabbed a maglight and told her to call the police. I quietly walked down the street to the barn and went down the far side quietly, stopped half way down the side and waited. A flashlight came on and there was this f&cker looking through my stuff of which there is quite a bit. I walked down turned on the maglight and started screaming.Ended up tackling and detaining until the police arrived. The first thing dispatch asked was "does your husband have a gun". In retrospect it was a dumb move on my part but I was pissed and like to take action. I got lucky. He didn't serve one night in jail. As the cops were cuffing him I told him don't come back, next time I won't call the police. It's a small town and many heard about by scanner or wom. No personal property is worth shooting someone over and most punks in the night are just looking for free money, hopefully not at my house again.
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http://www.click2houston.com/news/car-burglaries-affect-all-areas-of-houston/27181966
Doesn't seem like TX gun laws dissuade these type of thefts.
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I'm sure that guy now has a crazy story to tell his cell mates, about how he got caught by some crazy home owner in nothing but a bathrobe and his trusty maglight
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