Some home defense alternatives

[LWolf]

121. Theft isn't necessarily violent.

I've experienced theft; I wouldn't shoot someone over it.

It's possible that I've been lucky because I don't have much that others would want, or at least, that would be worth violence to get.

Or because I don't spend much time in places I'm likely to experience violence. Even when I have, though, I've been lucky.

Back in the 90s, I was racing to LAX with a friend to pick up her child, who had been put on a plane to come home a week early, without advance notice. It was late. She was so upset she missed the exit, and we ended up in a neighborhood a few miles from the airport, where every business had barred windows. It was late, and the streets were mostly deserted. She was getting frantic, so I told her to pull into a gas station to ask directions. There was only one guy there. When she pulled up, he was using a crowbar to break into the booth that the attendant who took $$ would be sitting. She pulled up, rolled down the window, and called to him before we'd realized that the station was closed and he was robbing it. He ambled over, leaned down into the window, she asked him for directions to the airport. He gave us directions, and turned back to finish his task. We drove away. The directions were good.

I've always thought that my luck was connected to the fact that I'm not afraid of being assaulted, so I don't attract that kind of attention.

These days, I live rurally. My doors are never locked.