First floor apartment - How can I avoid being murdered in my sleep? (Difficulty: Style)

It wasn’t intentional initially but I moved in to an apartment that the previous renter (or current landlord maybe?) had a burglar’s alarm installed in. I never renewed the service when I moved in (I can’t think of much more of a personal waste of money than a home alarm) but I kept the “GUARDIAN: BEWARE!” sticker on my door. I never got robbed or burglarized. Coincidence? I think not.

Perhaps the snake killed the OP. In the middle of the night.

Another small cheap suggestion:
buy really cheap looking ugly curtains. At least some that from the outside, loudly proclaim “I have no money.”

From what I’ve seen over the years, there’s no sure fire way to completely prevent crime. But we can present a lesser target to the bad guys. As you go to and from home, if you have a very nice mobile PC, use a worn-out looking bag to tote it in. Don’t polish your car. That kind of thing.

You can also buy official looking burglar alarm stickers off the web for just a few dollars. I have blue and white “Protected by ADT” stickers on the corners of my doors and windows even though I have no such thing and don’t even like ADT. I think the stickers are the most useful part of the service so I just bought those.

Fretful, my ass! :wink:

German shepherd, nobody breaks into a house with a German shepherd.

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Ah, the old “set a crook to catch a crook” trick!

When one of my friends got divorced a few years ago, she and her kids moved into a house that happened to have a metal ADT sign driven into the ground. They didn’t remove it. :wink:

Forget the OP. I want to find out if golf club-wielding Crips have found enipla’s secret mountain retreat!

I know this is a zombie, but I really enjoyed this comment. The cognitive disconnect is truly jawdropping.

That’s right. He has absolutely no fear because he lives in a totally safe environment. But he’s motivated to have everyone, even the kids, sleep with a gun under their pillow.

Sounds exactly like a life ruled by fear to me. Irrational baseless blinding fear.

I’d go with the NRA stickers, Confederate Battle Flags and see if you can get the landlord to advertise “Every unit suitable for gun safes” … is open carry allowed there, if so, use it … nothing like a bunch of gun-nut neo-nazis in the ‘hood packin’ heat to keep crime down …

Advertising that you have guns on the premises are a good way to attract burglars who want to steal the guns. They won’t be breaking in in the middle of the night when you’re likely there, but will be interested during the day while you’re away at work.

http://www.kgw.com/news/investigations/we-asked-86-burglars-how-they-broke-into-homes/344213396