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Now what...

Post by fortyshooter » Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:15 pm

Police searching for armed suspect in our neighborhood with choppers flying overhead right now at 11:14 PM.
Got my stuff ready! Last night right up the road on the blvd. was another suspect chase that ended in a wreck.

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Re: Now what...

Post by Sir Henry » Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:26 pm

I don’t think there is even one chopper in my county. Unless you count Harleys. They are made 40 miles down the road.

Stay safe.
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Re: Now what...

Post by fortyshooter » Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:36 pm

Sir Henry wrote:
Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:26 pm
I don’t think there is even one chopper in my county. Unless you count Harleys. They are made 40 miles down the road.

Stay safe.
All quiet right now. I was on the computer and heard a copter making laps around our area and flying low. Got on the Fbook local page and
read the on going details. Grapped the suppressed 45 Colt Henry carbine always loaded with the xtp's

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Re: Now what...

Post by Sir Henry » Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:18 am

fortyshooter wrote:
Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:36 pm
Sir Henry wrote:
Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:26 pm
I don’t think there is even one chopper in my county. Unless you count Harleys. They are made 40 miles down the road.

Stay safe.
All quiet right now. I was on the computer and heard a copter making laps around our area and flying low. Got on the Fbook local page and
read the on going details. Grapped the suppressed 45 Colt Henry carbine always loaded with the xtp's
Henry to the rescue!
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Re: Now what...

Post by BrokenolMarine » Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:47 am

12g Shockwave, with red dot, ported barrel and streamlight forearm. Effective.
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Re: Now what...

Post by fortyshooter » Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:42 am

BrokenolMarine wrote:
Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:47 am
12g Shockwave, with red dot, ported barrel and streamlight forearm. Effective.
Yeah my 20 ga. version was close by too.

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Re: Now what...

Post by Oldbrass » Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:05 am

Doors locked at night. Buster the 4 legged bark alarm ( no batteries required) sleeps lightly, Motion flood lights illuminate a nice field of fire to pistol target..observe and report said characters to law enforcement. A dead end road in the Carolina woods isn't stranger friendly, often hear banjo playing at night down in the holler
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Re: Now what...

Post by daytime dave » Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:48 am

I see that you made it, so that's good news.

Crime is just about everywhere. We have an expensive helicopter in our county. We help the surrounding counties but we pay for it. I don't recall ever seeing it in my neighborhood. If I did, I'd be preparing. I see Army helicopters a lot, going from point A to B.

Where I live, I'm glad I don't have to lock doors or windows if I don't want to. I worry more about four legged varmints thankfully.
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Re: Now what...

Post by BrokenolMarine » Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:04 pm

With my background, I lock everything, trust no one, have a good alarm system, good camera system, AND moved to a rural area where the criminals are mostly coyotes, racoons, and possums. But... Still trust... No one. :twisted: Safer that way.

I worked adjacent to the metro Richmond area for years...
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By the time I actually worked IN Richmond, it was more of a hobby.
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Re: Now what...

Post by Mags » Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:01 pm

We're very secluded and used to be we didn't worry about locking doors. Now it it's different. There are 3 residences on this hidden road segment. One of the neighbors is new this Sept. They are city folk, not used to the rural dark, so they leave their outside lights on all night. Not only annoying for sleeping, but hard to detect prowlers slinking around with their mini flashlights. The new neighbors also use grub hub and uber eats like people to deliver food. Mis- deliveries to our house are frequent. People dressed like gang-bangers, pull up in fancy cars. I figure it is now just a matter of time before one or more of them come back for home invasion now knowing how secluded we are.
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Re: Now what...

Post by markiver54 » Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:09 pm

My brother suffers from a paranoid neighbor with a big bright street light also. It keeps him awake. I feel safer without one. Then they can't see where I am either.
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Re: Now what...

Post by RanchRoper » Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:12 pm

I took out all the big yard lights around our place. From the road you can’t see our buildings at all at night. Anybody comes in they’ll need lights and I’ll see them. After that, the brave ones can come up front and we’ll all go together… :)

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Re: Now what...

Post by cooperhawk » Tue Nov 29, 2022 6:01 pm

I'm an old country boy and I like it lit up at night. Then I can see them sneaking varmints and
eliminate the threat early. Yup, I have fuel tanks that are pretty tempting for them and I keep
them lit up. The neighbors don't mind, but they're far enough away so it's not a problem.👀
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Re: Now what...

Post by Ernie » Tue Nov 29, 2022 6:54 pm

Motion lights on the shop, shed, back door and solar motion lights around the house. I can tell where someone is or are heading. I am rural on a dead end road. Had two attempted home invasions at both of my next door neighbors 3 months apart and both chased off by the neighbor across the street. That was 4 years ago and a break-in at the end of the street 9 months ago. I now lock the doors and windows when I leave the house even to mow the out lot. Car is always locked as there is a record number of car break-ins day and night both. Never thought it would get this way around here.

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Re: Now what...

Post by markiver54 » Tue Nov 29, 2022 6:55 pm

I like evening ambiance like amber lighting, candles and Tiki torches, seasonal of course. NOT lighthouse style beacons. Just me I guess.
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Re: Now what...

Post by Mags » Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:16 pm

RanchRoper wrote:
Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:12 pm
... you can’t see our buildings at all at night. Anybody comes in they’ll need lights and I’ll see them. …
Likewise. Or used to be. Without lights it's pitch dark and anybody out and about needs some form of light to watch their footing and then I'd see them. With the neighbors outdoor lights on all the time people wandering around draw less motion attention.

@mark, I feel safer without in the dark too. Then they can't see where I am either, but I have pretty good hearing, I'll know where they be at.
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Re: Now what...

Post by Cowboy Gun Fan » Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:17 pm

I had a copter so close to my house once that it made me uncomfortable enough to duck under my porch roof. Never found out who they were looking for. Was pretty weird. My neighbor had one so close that he could clearly see the pilot in it. He could had waved to him, lol. The law around here does not fool around, lucky to say.
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