Amen. Im pretty sure if I slept with a knife on me the wife would make sure I was sleeping on the couch.Jeff Tanner wrote:A lot of you folks obviously sleep alone, then.
Yeah, burgler-proofing is a great idea, I agree w/ you...Slick wrote:You people are nuts.
It would be way safer to burgler-proof your dwelling than depend on a knife in your pj's or a shotgun in your bedroom suite's headboard. Steel entrance doors and double rigged alarm systems on the windows would work better.
Gandalfe, unfortunately B.C. is changing, and for the worse. Burglaries, home invasions, kidnappings, gang war shoot-outs, men disappearing, "known to police" bodies turning up every month. Everyone I know in Vancouver has had their car broken into repeatedly, my friend has had his cabin broken into repeatedly, my cousin was jumped from behind and savagely beaten by a group of thugs, right in front of his girlfriend, for no reason. He was down and out immediately, but that didn't stop them from taking the boots to his face, breaking his jaw, and kicking out most of his teeth. Three months ago, my parents woke up to find a burglar in their living room. My dad grabbed a golf club and chased him out the backdoor. My friend's apartment was broken into last week. And it's not just Vancouver....Red Scorpions in Victoria, Hells Angels in Kelowna, gangs fighting over drug turf in PG, the 'Highway of Tears', the list goes on. The Port of Vancouver is one of the biggest heroin shipment points in the world, and B.C. has the follow-on crime that goes along with that. In B.C. we always like to say things aren't as bad as other places, but what are those places? Per capita, B.C. crime is quite high now.gandalfe wrote:I'm glad to live in an area where I don't need deadly weapons ,on, or near me when I sleep.I like guns and knives, but don't need them, around, when I sleep.An alert dog ,in the house ,is all I require.I sympasize ,with all you folks, that need heat, when you sleep.It's real hard to sleep if you don't feel safe.
I AM a little bit nutsSlick wrote:You people are nuts.
It would be way safer to burgler-proof your dwelling than depend on a knife in your pj's or a shotgun in your bedroom suite's headboard. Steel entrance doors and double rigged alarm systems on the windows would work better.
If I lived in Baltimore I'd probably do both but I do not live in Baltimore.
Sleep with a knife? Only by accident.
LOL
Thank god I live in a reletively safe area so I can make these comments with a wink.
but I am a certified professional locksmith too. There is no way to burglar proof anything. If someone made it, someone can get into it. All you can do is deter and impede. I live in a town that is in the top 10 of "best places to live" in the US, according to Money Magazine. We still have crime here. I also experienced a break-in while I was home and asleep. It can change your perspective. The break-in did not happen here though.Knowing you... I would pay money to see you in a Batman suit! Have Mrs. Kaligman take a pic for me. :pKaliGman wrote:Actually, I sleep in my "Batman" body armor while hanging upside down in my cryogenic, sealed sleeping chamber, and while equipped, of course, with all my gear and weaponry. There is a sign on the glass door to the chamber which says "Break open only in time of War, Emergency, or when somebody's @#$ needs to be kicked." The last time I was awoken, it was not pretty--let's just say you can really hurt a supposed college student who is selling magazine subscriptions if you hit him hard and often enough with a stack of "Watchtower" pamphlets left by fleeing missionary types :p .
Sorry--couldn't resist.
Actually, I have never slept with knives or firearms. They are within reach should I need them, but not in my bed. If they were, I do believe that Mrs. Kaligman would have me sleeping on the couch.
Glad you chimed in, KaliGman...was very curious to know what you and Doc S. had to say...I kinda had a hunch I'd get a ribbing w/this kind of thread but, hey, it's been pretty amusing... :DKaliGman wrote:Actually, I sleep in my "Batman" body armor while hanging upside down in my cryogenic, sealed sleeping chamber, and while equipped, of course, with all my gear and weaponry. There is a sign on the glass door to the chamber which says "Break open only in time of War, Emergency, or when somebody's @#$ needs to be kicked." The last time I was awoken, it was not pretty--let's just say you can really hurt a supposed college student who is selling magazine subscriptions if you hit him hard and often enough with a stack of "Watchtower" pamphlets left by fleeing missionary types :p .
Sorry--couldn't resist.
Actually, I have never slept with knives or firearms. They are within reach should I need them, but not in my bed. If they were, I do believe that Mrs. Kaligman would have me sleeping on the couch.
Your probably right.The few invasions I have had over the years I handled with roughing them up, a bit, with my fists.I prefer the use of non-lethal force, but would have wished for a gun or knife, if they were armed.I still don't like the idea of a loaded gun close by.Only once did I stoke up my SKS,Doc Pyres wrote:Gandalfe, unfortunately B.C. is changing, and for the worse. Burglaries, home invasions, kidnappings, gang war shoot-outs, men disappearing, "known to police" bodies turning up every month. Everyone I know in Vancouver has had their car broken into repeatedly, my friend has had his cabin broken into repeatedly, my cousin was jumped from behind and savagely beaten by a group of thugs, right in front of his girlfriend, for no reason. He was down and out immediately, but that didn't stop them from taking the boots to his face, breaking his jaw, and kicking out most of his teeth. Three months ago, my parents woke up to find a burglar in their living room. My dad grabbed a golf club and chased him out the backdoor. My friend's apartment was broken into last week. And it's not just Vancouver....Red Scorpions in Victoria, Hells Angels in Kelowna, gangs fighting over drug turf in PG, the 'Highway of Tears', the list goes on. The Port of Vancouver is one of the biggest heroin shipment points in the world, and B.C. has the follow-on crime that goes along with that. In B.C. we always like to say things aren't as bad as other places, but what are those places? Per capita, B.C. crime is quite high now.
Sorry for my rant everyone. :o Gandalfe, be safe! :)
when a drug related gunfight spilled into my yard.I guess I better move to a safer local. I'm sleeping with my Chinook tonight.These posts are making me paranoid.
it brings me back to my pre-marriage days....if i met a girl at a bar and we went to one of our abodes and i found a knife IWB i would freakAgent Starling wrote:Once I fell asleep in the afternoon with a Spydie clipped IWB that I totally forgot was there...it was still closed when I awoke, though...
Agent Starling :cool:
. as for me...i am in te no place to clip it group.
KaliGman wrote:Actually, I sleep in my "Batman" body armor while hanging upside down in my cryogenic, sealed sleeping chamber, and while equipped, of course, with all my gear and weaponry. There is a sign on the glass door to the chamber which says "Break open only in time of War, Emergency, or when somebody's @#$ needs to be kicked." The last time I was awoken, it was not pretty--let's just say you can really hurt a supposed college student who is selling magazine subscriptions if you hit him hard and often enough with a stack of "Watchtower" pamphlets left by fleeing missionary types :p .
Sorry--couldn't resist.
Actually, I have never slept with knives or firearms. They are within reach should I need them, but not in my bed. If they were, I do believe that Mrs. Kaligman would have me sleeping on the couch.
KaliGman wrote:Actually, I sleep in my "Batman" body armor while hanging upside down in my cryogenic, sealed sleeping chamber, and while equipped, of course, with all my gear and weaponry. There is a sign on the glass door to the chamber which says "Break open only in time of War, Emergency, or when somebody's @#$ needs to be kicked." The last time I was awoken, it was not pretty--let's just say you can really hurt a supposed college student who is selling magazine subscriptions if you hit him hard and often enough with a stack of "Watchtower" pamphlets left by fleeing missionary types :p .
Sorry--couldn't resist.
Actually, I have never slept with knives or firearms. They are within reach should I need them, but not in my bed. If they were, I do believe that Mrs. Kaligman would have me sleeping on the couch.
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