Where is the best place to shoot a burglar using the least amount of ammo and making the smallest mess?

As an ex burglar myself(not a proud 1)I can identify with what this blog is saying and want to add this to it; please don't leave your keys on any of your tables in plain view of a window while taking a shower. If you do there will likely be a visitor while you're in the shower. It doesn't take anymore time than that to come in and get what is needed/wanted by a burglar. And he won't make any noise while doing it for you to hear because he'll know that you're there but you won't know that he is there so be careful with your items!!

As a precaution against entering our home while a burgular is in it, I place three $10.00 bills at the points of the easiest, most likely, strategic access.
A burglar would normally pick up the first $10.00 he saw; however, on a return home a quick check for any missing $10.00 immediately alerts me to the fact that someone is in or has been in our home.

Thanks 4 the tips. I now have more knowledge tips to add to my overload of info. "I have one for you too!" You had better pray that I don't catch you in my place, because all I have to say is Make sure your insurance is paid up"

change "hash" to "crack', no true hashhead has the energy or motivation to b&e.

Big subject: Can talk strongly about either side of the fence,once living on east side N.Y.one has to be more than just on your toes, always was & still found myself being ripped off. If someone really wants in, they'll use brute force to gain entry, I've seen holes in hallway walls, or in adjacent apts. leading to yours.I've seen an army pratice on empty blds coming off the roof on sling ropes to a window, that u thought was totally safe..... My best hiding place (that even worked on the cops when they took my front DOOR WALL down)looking for guns...BAD EXPERIENCE...I made a fake wall switch!!! A big double off & on switch, string tied to a nail, lowered down through the hollow of the wall, Plenty of room for guns, money,etc. Was a great hiding place till I printed this. Still may work, most undesirables have already sold their PC's

I'd hide money in a package of feminine hygiene products under the sink.

hide in plain site is the best tip

I was baby sitting years ago and the Dr. I was sitting for told me to eat what ever I want. Soooo I thought I would make a steak which was of course frozen. When I unwrapped the t-bone which was marked on the paper, I found alot of money. I was so scared I wrapped it back and put it back in the freezer. I thought that was a neat place to hide money. But I think a burglar knows all the places to look, so I just play it safe and don't leave money at home. The bank is my first choice. So, to all the burglars out there, what if a person has an alarm system? Do you go next door? Barb

I had a client who was a professional burglar. In conversation I asked for a few of his rules. First, only work between 9 AM and 2 PM....that's the time period when kids are in school and not at home. Second, find a way to be seen but not perceived as a threat to the neighborhood. He had a rake and would go door-to-door asking to rake yards for a ridiculously low cost. That way the neighbors would see him working and "know" that folks who work that hard aren't burglars. ("I've raked many a yard for $10") All the while he is watching other houses to see who is or is not at home. Get paid...walk a couple of houses down and start raking the front yard of the "victim" house. Go into the back yard...still raking...and go through the back door. The "last" rule of burglary was, for him, "Never do a job on the day after you do crack. The only times I have ever been arrested was the day after doing crack and I was "working" the next day."

Interesting kid...would go to the mall and walk through stores to see the various values of different merchandise. I got him 8 concurrent six year sentences. He had, according to his admission, burgled right at 200 houses in the 3 months between the time I got him out on bond for another case and the time they got him on the 8 counts.

After early release he went down to Mississippi. They got him on two counts....28 years on one and 4 years on the other one. He'll be a couple of years on the young side of 50 when he gets out.

>>>When I unwrapped the t-bone which was marked on the paper, I found alot of money. I was so scared I wrapped it back and put it back in the freezer

Answer to #10. Unless you are in the top 10% of shots in the country, and depending on what kind of gun you are using (shotguns make an awful mess, but they are very effective), if you have actually deceided that you will definately shoot an intruder and live with the concequencies, you should aim to shoot him between the lower part of his neck and his crotch; this allows you the largest target area. The target area is approxmately two feet high (from neck to crotch) and and one foot wide (shoulder to shoulder and hip bone to hip bone).

The most important piece of information that I gave to you was actually a question; that question being "if you have actually deceided that you will definately shoot an intruder and live with the concequencies". Unless you can answer, long before such an occuranc might take place, that the answer is a definate "Yes", you had best not be pulling a gun on an intruder; you might wind up getting killed with it!

I was a kid (16?) when my house was robbed. I was on a date, my parents at the neighbors funeral. They broke my piggy bank :( It was strange when the neighbor kids (older teens, kids of the deceased) came over (their house was broken into too) and I said that money was taken out of my jeans pocket they looked REALLY surprised (ends up it was in a different pocket). There were also black scuff marks on our windowsill - like from dress shoes. Curious, huh?

LOCKS KEEP OUT HONEST PEOPLE! I've had all my clothes stolen from my locked car while I was moving and my locked station wagon stolen. My favorite place to hide money is behind a picture. Since I have many pictures, it would take a thief 1/2 hour or more just to check which one!

I am not sure that my comments were sent.
My remarks went off (possibly) to CYBERSPACE, I'm guessing. Yes, I have been a educator/ cosmetology teacher/ product associate/ college English student and multiple business owner, as well as landlord and homeowner.
I've also been a victim of crimes in my homes, to my automobiles and one motorcycle (T.L.H.) businesses and my earthly body(T.L.H., you know who you are).

If you must rob, at least steal from major corrupt corporations;i.e. NIKE or EXXON, perhaps AOL or COMCAST!!!!!

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Well first off you should never shoot an intruder in your home they say it's the law,the intruder will sue you for everything you got. Yes it is stupid considering were the victims here,but this is the law so i would advise to shoot him out side the home,and another tip for us is to leave our money in the bank. You can rest easier.

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HERE IS THE WHAY TO DEAL WITH A THEIF. I AM A NEW YORKER BREAD AND BORN. NOW LIVING IN LAS VEGAS.
THE BEST DEFENCE IS A GREAT OFFENCE. IF YOU PLAN ON SHOOTING THE SCUMBAG JUST MAKE SURE HE IS IN THE HOUSE. IF HE IS HALF IN AND HALF OUT PULL HIM ALL THE WAY IN. THIS WAY YOU WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE COPS OR THE LAWS OF YOUR STATE. NOW AS FAR AS A SHOT GUN GOES JUST THE SOUND OF THE SLIDE SHOULD HAVE ANY JERK RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE. IF YOU JUST WANT TO DO SOME DAMAGE TO HIM AND END HIS DAYS OF ROBBING PEOPLE. I SAY AIM FOR HIS KNEES. WEATHER IT BE A SHOT GUN OR 44 MAG. HE WILL BE DOWN FOR THE COUNT. THE FIRST RULE IS IF YOU HAVE A GUN AND YOU PULL IT OUT BE PREPARED TO USE IT. DON'T THINK DON'T FEEL JUST LET THE LEAD FLY. REMEMBER IT'S YOU OR HIM. BETTER HIM THEN YOU. I WATCH THESE COP REALITY SHOWS AND SEE THESE PEOPLE BEING ROBBED. ALL I KNOW IS THAT IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN, YOU WILL LOSE. I ALWAYS CARRY WHAT I CALL AN EQUALIZER. I AM NOT BOLD OR COCKY WITH WHAT I HAVE. I AM READY FOR THE JURK WHO THINKS I AM A TARGET. I SAY EVERYONE SHOULD CARRY A GUN. THIS WAY THERE WOULD BE LESS CRIME. CRIMINALS HAVE GUNS ALREADY IT'S TIME YOU THE LAW BIDDING JOE OR JANE CARRY TO END THE MUGGINGS,RAPES AND ROBBERYS. THERE ARE TIMES I WISH SOMEONE WOULD TRY AND COME INTO MY HOME. I HAVE ALARMS SET IN PLACES THAT CAN BE HEARD AND SEEN. THEY CAN'T GET TO MY GUNS OR DRUGS. SOMEONE SAID "OUT IN THE OPEN" OR IN PLAIN SIGHT IS THE BEST PLACE TO HIDE YOUR VALUBLES. THEY ARE 100% CORRECT. CROOKS KNOW EVERY SPOT YOU CAN THINK OF. IT'S THE OBVIOUS THEY DON'T GET. I CALL IT "OUT IN THE OPEN COOL".

My mom use to hide money under the carpet,it wasn't wall to wall carpet and you had to spread it out so it wouldn't make a lump. One of my pet peeves is the number of women who walk away from their purse leaving it in the shopping cart, or worse yet leaving their baby in the cart to walk down to the other end of the isle in the grocery store.

1) I think if I hid cash in my house well enough to thwart a burgular, I would forget where I hid it. I keep cash ($100-200; concealed) in the trunk of my 22-year-old BMW. 2) I've never been robbed in one of my homes. But I lived in Delaware for severeal years. My next door neighbor was always working on one of his two 50K trucks in his driveway. His garage was full of good tools; if you just drove by, you could see all the tools and machinery he had in the garage. He threw big parties every two weeks during the summer on his huge rear deck. Once, he went away with his family for the entire weekend. I came out on Monday morning to go to work. There were five police cars in the cul-de-sac. Three guys had lived in the house for two days: slept everywhere, cleaned out the fridge, etc. They cleaned the house out too: electronics, guns, cash, coin collection, everything in the garage. I was alone in the house next door all weekend. Really blew my mind. A detective asked me if I had heard anything. "No Sir." I installed a $3,000 security system. What a waste of money. It was obvious that I was the poor single woman in the court. Linda.