Someone tried breaking into my garage.....

[hotrod 80]

Originally Posted by old Rusty C10

id also put up no tresspassing signs on the property in addition to the monitoring and cameras just so you have a leg to stand on in case you wind up finding someone there and have to detain them

Are things that bad in NY that you need no tresspassing signs and camaras to justify detaining someone on your own property ? I am having a hard time understanding this . In Texas things are way different . If i detain someone who is breaking into/stealing/damaging my property he should consider himself lucky .

[old Rusty C10]

Originally Posted by hotrod 80

Are things that bad in NY that you need no tresspassing signs and camaras to justify detaining someone on your own property ? I am having a hard time understanding this . In Texas things are way different . If i detain someone who is breaking into/stealing/damaging my property he should consider himself lucky .

Yes apparently all the hot air taught kids these days in school has made most here those free thinking liberal hippie types (yuppies) and they all think that only the government should have guns. The police shouldnt and criminals have more rights than free citizens. Im starting to think that if it wasnt below freezing here i was in california
Couple that with the fact that the police here do as little as possible to do their jobs and frankly are more interested in generating revenue for the city by writing tickets than they are in tracking down criminals who will prolly kick the cops butts and then sue the police for brutality.
My thoughts are if you catch someone trying to rob you, you stop them and neutralize the threat.This means you give them a beating and hurt them enough to remember not to come back again. Then if you want you call the cops and have em thankful to be gone from you and having a nice vacation in jail to recover. All this liberal new fangled "it aint their fault they had a lousy upbringing " is a crock of garbage to me I believe justice should be meted out swiftly and should be severe enough to be a deterrent. You cover your butt so that when these criminals victimize you you have a leg to stand on when you get drug to court by these animals and their liberal do gooder lawyers blaming the whole thing on you.

[hotrod 80]

Originally Posted by old Rusty C10

Yes apparently all the hot air taught kids these days in school has made most here those free thinking liberal hippie types (yuppies) and they all think that only the government should have guns. The police shouldnt and criminals have more rights than free citizens. Im starting to think that if it wasnt below freezing here i was in california
Couple that with the fact that the police here do as little as possible to do their jobs and frankly are more interested in generating revenue for the city by writing tickets than they are in tracking down criminals who will prolly kick the cops butts and then sue the police for brutality.
My thoughts are if you catch someone trying to rob you, you stop them and neutralize the threat.This means you give them a beating and hurt them enough to remember not to come back again. Then if you want you call the cops and have em thankful to be gone from you and having a nice vacation in jail to recover. All this liberal new fangled "it aint their fault they had a lousy upbringing " is a crock of garbage to me I believe justice should be meted out swiftly and should be severe enough to be a deterrent. You cover your butt so that when these criminals victimize you you have a leg to stand on when you get drug to court by these animals and their liberal do gooder lawyers blaming the whole thing on you.

WOW , i must live a sheltered life . I would have never imagined a guy breaking into my garage had a leg to stand on . Well he doesn't in Texas . I guess things are different in that part of the country . I probably would be thought of as a nut case up there . I clean my guns in the driveway on a table and the neighbors don't even think or look twice . Hell we had a guy shoot 2 crooks robbing his neighbors house a while back . No bill . I could not deal with a place that doesn't have some accountability for actions . Down here it is like the crook know they might get shot . Sorry for the off topic semi-rant .

[old Rusty C10]

Originally Posted by hotrod 80

WOW , i must live a sheltered life . I would have never imagined a guy breaking into my garage had a leg to stand on . Well he doesn't in Texas . I guess things are different in that part of the country . I probably would be thought of as a nut case up there . I clean my guns in the driveway on a table and the neighbors don't even think or look twice . Hell we had a guy shoot 2 crooks robbing his neighbors house a while back . No bill . I could not deal with a place that doesn't have some accountability for actions . Down here it is like the crook know they might get shot . Sorry for the off topic semi-rant .

its funny you say that you would be thought of as a nut up here.... I feel exactly like you do and I am considered a gun nut.I also cant tell you how many times ive stopped people on my street that appear suspicious and look like they are going to try to break into a neighbors house yet nobody else seems to hear or see anything; nobody else gives their neighbors the same courtesy. I also have other views that are considered extreme that im sure are normal and ok in Texas, but im of the ilk that you work for a living honestly and keep what you earn/work for . I think i better turn my rant off now too before someone turns this into a political thread which is a no no here Please note others can read whatever they want into my statements but I am in no way making political statements and am done speaking on these matters.