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Originally Posted by drmiles

Racking a Shotgun simply alerts the intruder to your location.
Security cameras help the police catch your killer.
You/your family must learn to protect themselves. Shotgun and defense training are a must. If you do not protect yourself, the police will only do paperwork after the fact.


You could get the other neighbors to kick in and hire a security gaurd to patrol at night. Expensive but deters some criminals and take the burden of self defense out of the hands of your family.

I also agree with a good aggressive dog. I have an English Springer Spaniel. Very teritorial and very loud bark. Also he does not bark at just anything. He sleeps outside my bedroom door.

I agree with all that. You could always surveil the house yourself when Mom is at the gym. In that case it would be good for you to know self defense and how to use a gun. Running lines to a concrete wall... If they are on a dirt or grass floor, you can trench and use flexible conduit. Solid metal conduit to run up the walls for code, but after all, this is low-voltage stuff. This is NOT one that I would chalk up to people being spooked. The consequences of doing so could be devastating.