re: Home protection for dummies

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Home protection is more than just having a shotgun or pistol in the house.

Start with doors. Dead bolts, strong sturdy doors, solid frames. Most breakins are through doors( I know, its obvious but a lot people tend to ignore that fact.)

Get a reinforcement kit for your doors, something like EZ-Armor. Under a $100 and easily installed. They will make your door extremely hard to kick down. A would-be intruder will get discouraged quickly and leave.

Next is windows. Put them electronic 'screechers' on your windows. You can find them at Wally-World.

Also, put some of them sticky bushes around the windows of your house.

Motion lights, get a burgular system installed. If you can't afford them, get some signs saying protected by 'ABC systems' or something like that.

Get a 'timer' installed on your lights inside the home for when you are away. Many would-be intruders 'scout' their targets. Get a neighbor the check your mail and pick-up your newspaper in your driveway(when you go away for an extended period of time.

Theives and robbers look for easy targets. Make your castle a 'hard target', most likely they will move on.

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