Home Security Systems

1. FBI statistics show that burglary continues to be a serious problem this year! Watch the local section of the newspaper and you will see what's going on.

2. If you have a Home Security System, you are 3 times less likely to be broken into, than if you don't have a system.

3. The burglars literally go down the street thinking, "This one has an alarm, this one doesn't, I'll break in the home that doesn't have an alarm!" Makes sense, doesn't it?)

4. If you think it only happens to "the other guy", believe me that's what "the other guy" thought before it happened to him!

5. If you watch the "Arrests" part of the newspaper, you will hardly ever see anyone arrested for burglary. Ever wonder why? It's because they virtually always break in homes without alarms!

6. Even if they do "try" a home with an alarm, they typically will pry open a door, and if the alarm goes off, they stop breaking in, and run away! (So once you do have a system, make sure you set it, even if you're running to Wal-Mart for 15 minutes.)

7. More and more, break-ins take place even when you're home! This is called a "home invasion", when the crooks just bust in the door. Scary, but on the increase!

8. Home Security Systems actually give you Four Umbrellas of Protection:
-- First, the yard sign keeps the "casual" burglar away.
-- Second, the window stickers will make them think hard.
-- Third, if they did pry open a door, or enter and cross the path of the motion sensor, the interior siren will typically scare them off.
-- Fourth, when the alarm is set off, the professional monitoring staff is notified via phone line, and they dispatch the police.

9. There is always the possibility of bodily harm, since a burglar is desperate to avoid jail, of course. But even when personal harm doesn't occur, the average cost of a break-in has risen to almost $2000 (I know of many much higher!).

10. Burglars move fast. They cover all the rooms fast, looking for TV's, stereos, DVD players, guns, jewelry, money....you get the idea. They are really, really good sometimes!

10b. Bonus: Even fierce dogs are not the protection people think they are. Burglars think nothing of dispatching a killer dog with a .22 caliber "short", or a can of Easy Off Oven Spray in the eyes. If they target your house, believe me, they will get in.

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Copyright 2007 Terry Rayburn

1. "I have a shotgun . . . .let 'em try to come in."

What if you weren't home? What if a family member was home, unable to defend themselves? What if they broke in silently while you were sleeping? What if they came in with their own gun? Who would have the advantage?

2. "I can't afford it."

Let's face it, most of us waste massive amounts of money on Cokes, snacks, games, etc. For about the cost of a Coke a day from the Minit Mart, you can protect your home and family, and it's highly unlikely your budget will even notice. The truth is, you can't afford not to have an alarm, considering how much is being protected so inexpensively.

3. "We had an alarm at our last home, and we never had a break-in, so we don't need one."

No comment on this one, because "duh" would be too rude :)

4. "Someone is always home at our house."

Even if that were true, which is usually isn't, more and more break-ins happen with the people home! Usually while sleeping!

5. "We live in a good neighborhood."

I always urge folks to follow the local section of the newspaper for a few days. Why? Because you will then know that there are no immune neighborhoods! Burglars are everywhere. Believe me, if you knew what I know (and this is my business), you would have a Home Security System.

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Copyright 2007 Terry Rayburn