Someone just tried to break in GRRRRRRRRR

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Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

Someone just tried to break in to my flat, I heard a noise, thought it was the cats, heard it again a bit louder, so I went to see what they were doing, got to the hallway and kitchen, felt cool air and heard a noise at the kitchen window, saw the top window open, I shouted some expletives loudly and heard someone running, it's pitch black out the back so I couldn't see anything, they were off and gone along the back path and out the back by the garages, the police have just left, said there is not a lot they can do apart from write an incident report of an attempted break in, f*cking chav scum pikey bastards Evil or Very Mad

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

I'm glad that you're ok, SP.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:04 am

Oh cut it out.

You just want to tell us they stole your new bike so you don't have to actually ever get on it. Wink

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

just put a note in the window

Smile YOUR ON CAMERA.

also see your local scrap yard see if you can get a grill to go over the top window make it more secure.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:13 am

Wow that's pretty damn bold, attempting to break in while you're home Shocked

Glad you're safe SP.

ps
What is a "chav scum pikey bastard"?

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

I hate to think what might have happened had my other half and little boy been here on their own, she didn't hear a thing until I woke her up as she sleeps wearing ear plugs, all the scum had to do was put his arm through the window, lift the main window latch and he's in, f*ck knows what might have happened, he can think himself lucky he didn't enter the flat, he would have got the same as the last 2 who tried kicking the door in, mugs Evil or Very Mad

@ KD, you twat Very Happy

@ D1, it shouldn't be a problem now they know someone lives here.

@ Lotta, chavs are scummy mouthy twats who go around in groups causing problems, pikies are gypsies, see links:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chavs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pikies

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Good to hear that you are OK. I recommend the Glock Model 21. (That is not a Google image, it is my Mod #21)

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:39 am

I also recommend the M4 w/M203 40mm Grenade Launcher. Fires your standard .223 caliber rifle round, reliable and compact. The grenade launcher itself is a fascinating feature, be sure to allow yourself enough room to fire without getting yourself. I know from experience, mate.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:40 am

Glad everyone is OK SP.

I like the Smile You Are on Camera idea. And I'm all for booby traps too. Wink

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:45 am

I prefer blades over guns. Everything with a blade over 60cm is suitable. And I always have one available at home.

But then on the other hand, I'm not sure if somebody would climb through my window, considering I live in 20th floor...

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:15 am

Sorry to hear that. I know how violating that can feel. Hopefully they will find some other neighbor with a firearm and short temper to fix their problem.

Master Baiter Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 126

I recommend looking into options to fortify your window so it's a lot harder to break open in the future. Because you can do that without having to get a license and bullets, as far as I was informed Wink

Good luck with it, SP. Good thing you encountered a twad that couldn't break in without making a noise

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:56 am

I carry a .45, myself. But when that's not preferable or legal, I definitely suggest reinforced entrances. You can get some pretty decent bars for your windows, as others have already said. Motion-detecting lights around the doors and windows are also good.

Another nice deterrent is, if you enjoy animals, a good dog. Many criminals just don't like trying to break into a house where a dog is barking its head off. Something about not wanting to have their legs or rear ends chewed off, I think.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:58 am

That's true. Other than bars, there are some good window films that will prevent a window from breaking.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:02 am

I'm glad you're okay SP. Hot prowl burglaries can end very bad.

@pastor

Cool gun. Are those rounds hydra shoks? That's all we need. Mods running around with guns Shocked

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:06 am

Wow, I"m so glad they didn't get in, and you are okay! Too bad we don't know the offenders' email addies - we'd bait 'em to smithereens for scaring you like that. Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:25 am

They look like jacketed hollow points. Small entry wound, grapefruit sized exit wound. you do not want to get hit by one of those.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

@Ghost

Yup... Click

(Those results were from a Glock Model 30, but they should be similar from the #21) Wink

Edit:

RoyalFlush wrote:

Another nice deterrent is, if you enjoy animals, a good dog.

I agree, I have a Yorkshire Terrier that will give a warning bark if someone walks within 100 yards of the house, seriously. (Let's see a cat do that!)

Edit again:

dr stephen williams wrote:

They look like jacketed hollow points. Small entry wound, grapefruit sized exit wound.

It is a .45 cal (small) entry wound, that is correct... The "grapefruit sized exit wound" is bullshit. (trust me)

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:50 am

I too am very glad to hear that a few choice words saved the day. I would not suggest firearms of any sort be a solution and in the country of your residence, its not an issue anyway.
Handguns for personal protection are more likely to hurt someone you love than protect you. Or yourself in some cases.
http://www.thegunzone.com/glock/glock-kb-faq.html

I have an exterior window at work that was the break in point on every 3 day weekend. We tried the wired glass and eventually Lexan. Nothing worked until they went back to regular glass because of the expense and I mounted a fake camera to a wall pointing to the window. Actually it was a real camera and I drilled right though it to mount a binking red LED. We've not had a problem in the last ten years.

HydraShocks are actually safer in a Glock as they are reduced loads. After shooting off over 500 of them I've found that the groups are very tight, controllability after the first shot is excellent, muzzle jump is nonexistent but they print in a completely different spot than regular rounds. Shoot what you practice with and practice what you shoot. Most people do not do that with HydraShocks just as most people do not realize that the MV is drastically reduced and KE is proportional to the the velocity squared. One thing that I can do with Hydrashocks is blow off 42 rounds using both hands in 15 seconds all in the ten ring at combat distances. The trick is to keep both eyes open. For perimeter defense, I go with the US government's recommendation of the Remington 870.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

^^^To add to that (after over 15 years as a firearm instructor) I does not matter what you hit them with, it is where you hit them.

Edit: Come on Connie... you bring up the kB! I have over 70,000 rounds through a Glock and still have all my fingers.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:01 am

See, Connie, that's why I don't own Glocks. Smile

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:02 am

In Nevada, you can shoot to kill an invader. Then have a good laugh with the police, as you pulverize their crainial vault with the edge of a table leg. Then let your big dog do the "rag doll whip", on
his throat on full clamp, and watch the carcass fly through a window when the hold breaks. Twisted Evil

Or,geta Kitty Cat.<<<<

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:07 am

@OP topic and Scam Patroller, I am glad that you are okay! I hope you scared the crap out of the punks. I cannot imagine what that was like. Hope you get some sleep tonight.

As always, <strike>bait</strike> stay safe!

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

This is drifting off topic...again, good to hear you are OK SP.

Edit: Paranoid was reading my mind.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:29 am

Good greif SP! Shocked

That's really scary! Makes me want to grease my balcony railing with something. I live on the second floor. Think I would be held liable if someone tried to climb on to my balcony and fell after losing their grip because of something I put on the railing? Confused

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