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[+] -7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You go in a closed room, like your bathroom. Or you install locks in all bedrooms. And you call the cops without making noises. And boom, you have no more TV but nobody's dead.

Or even better: you sell the gun and use the money to buy a lock that prevents entry without the key, plus a system that automatically pushes the door shut. With the money left over, you buy an alarm. Your home is easy to secure. And everybody would be in a far more secure place than a open thing with a gun. Your gun is far more dangerous for your family than the burglars…

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Locks on interior doors are for privacy NOT security. As so many Europeans have rightly pointed out US houses are made from cardboard and popsicle sticks. A locked bedroom door will hold for maybe 3 kicks. Which isn't even enough time to call the police let alone wait for them to arrive.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 month ago

    That's of the penetrator wants to kill you. If they just want to commit burglary, they won't shoot until they feel threatened. Someone who locks themselves isn't a threat. The idea is not to be protected by the door, but not to escalate the situation. That will put your family in security far more than playing a discount John McClane.

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