Violence against burglars

[GreekStein]

Any fingerprints on the knife?

None - they wore gloves - as was demonstrated on the cd they REMOVED from my cd player before stealing it - apparently it wasn't to their taste....FML - not even a burglar likes my music! The CD showed glove marks but they couldn't get a print from them.

Just leaving to go pick the cd players back up. One of them was on sale at cash convertors for £14.99 - I only have quality stuff at my place!

Amazingly the man who runs the cash convertors shop was very pissed off with me for coming in and claiming my stuff - he is out of pocket to the tune of £7 and told the police he though it was unfair I was entitled to get my stuff back. I wasn't actually wanting it back (it's not exactly great gear) I went looking for it to find the oik who came into my house with a knife. tempted to get one of those enormous cheques made up for £7 and take a photographer from the local paper and present him with the cheque so he's not out of pocket....

I have a truncheon (relic from my stint in the police) by the bed but I'm relying on my very loud voice and fury to win the day if it ever happens again. I am seriously pissed off now and if I was to ever find out who this person was (he knows who I am and where I live which seems really one sided imo) I would be very tempted to run him over and I would enjoy looking at the whites of his eyes as he clung on to the windscreen wipers.

The cash converters guy sounds like an utter Knobhead. I'd probably let him have the truncheon, over the fkin head!

I don't think I'd ever advise a lady to attack a burgler with any weapon that's not a gun. I'd fancy most blokes in a fight with no weapon against a lady with a truncheon and you don't want to be attacked and hurt imo. Screaming and commotion sounds like a good tactic but you're better off only having the weapon for defence rather than approaching them, no?

I remembered when we were burgled as a kid and the whole house was turned upside down, was horrible. We got an alarm straight away but were advised if we didn't have one, to get a non operational alarm box put on the front of the house.

[kukushkin88]

Isnt doing nothing at all, letting them get what they want, making them a cup of tea etc a good way to ensure they will come back next time theyre skint and need some cash.  House with some nice stuff and no fuss.

They should deffo be fair game once theyre in.

Surely it´s infinitely more desirable to get robbed than get seriously hurt/killed, leaving them to it is surely +ev. With some exceptions people who think they´d step in and give the robbers a good hiding/teach them a lesson would just end up endagering themselves and their family.

[StuartHopkin]

Isnt doing nothing at all, letting them get what they want, making them a cup of tea etc a good way to ensure they will come back next time theyre skint and need some cash.  House with some nice stuff and no fuss.

They should deffo be fair game once theyre in.

Surely it´s infinitely more desirable to get robbed than get seriously hurt/killed, leaving them to it is surely +ev. With some exceptions people who think they´d step in and give the robbers a good hiding/teach them a lesson would just end up endagering themselves and their family.

House being fair game >>>>>>> watching blood pour out my neck at an alarming rate

[Simon Galloway]

That truncheon's not for self defense..

Seriously though, hope you are ok Ding.

[smashedagain]

any women should invest in a rape alarm for a few quid. these things are loud as hell and no burglar is gonna hang around with one of these going off. i have cctv on my house which pretty much acts as a good deterent.

[EvilPie]

Isnt doing nothing at all, letting them get what they want, making them a cup of tea etc a good way to ensure they will come back next time theyre skint and need some cash.  House with some nice stuff and no fuss.

They should deffo be fair game once theyre in.

Lol at the dream world some people live in.

Do you realise that if you retaliate against a scumbag they'll just come back anyway and throw bricks through your windows, smash up your car and generally intimidate you.

Unless you're a proper bad ass mother fucker who'll go to town on them and scare the shit out of them you really need to leave them alone.

They are horrible people and should be avoided at all costs.

Making your house difficult to rob keeps these people away from you, not giving them a kicking.

As I said, if you can properly scare them then you're fine but 99% of Blonde members I know simply aren't capable of doing that.

In the ideal world if someone breaks in to your house and you catch them you get to beat them up and they never come back because you're such a hero.

In the real world you get your head caved in.

[EvilPie]

I should add that despite thinking we should avoid burglars I also think that they are fair game for a proper good hiding.

If someone is capable of smashing their faces in I think it's brilliant and the burglar deserves everything they get.

I just don't think it's worth the risk of said burglar coming back at a later date to inflict retribution.

[millidonk]

Lol at the dream world some people live in.

Do you realise that if you retaliate against a scumbag they'll just come back anyway and throw bricks through your windows, smash up your car and generally intimidate you.

Unless you're a proper bad ass mother fucker who'll go to town on them and scare the shit out of them you really need to leave them alone.

They are horrible people and should be avoided at all costs.

Making your house difficult to rob keeps these people away from you, not giving them a kicking.

As I said, if you can properly scare them then you're fine but 99% of Blonde members I know simply aren't capable of doing that.

In the ideal world if someone breaks in to your house and you catch them you get to beat them up and they never come back because you're such a hero.

In the real world you get your head caved in.

Not so sure about this.

Most burglars are opportunistic thieves that will happen to stumble across your house and see a window open, a flimsy looking door etc and give it a go. They haven't been staking out your address and noting your every movement nor are they these bad ass scumbags who will do everything to get back at you.. in reality you will find that the majority of burglars are heavily addicted to drugs, of course this can make them more dangerous in some cases, but the majority of the time they are complete piss ants, also there is a good chance that they will be completely unable to remember where you live anyway. I seriously doubt the majority of junkies you see would be able to ‘cave your head in’
Apparently burglars like to travel light, with just a screwdriver in their pocket etc, I think the mere fact of you being prepared/able to present a larger weapon will be enough to scare them off.

Setting off your fire alarm if someone enters the house is a safe method to get them to leave.

The best thing by far is making sure your house is difficult to rob in the first place and get an alarm ffs.

But disagree with the “oh well I’m insured” line.

Edit: just seen your above post. Can't be bothered deleting this though. Not expecting for people to turn into superman, but you yourself will know if you are likely to come out on top or not.

[pleno1]

i haz bars on all my windows and a spanner by my bed btw, gl burlars

[StuartHopkin]

99% of the time we get to keep the telly +$200 equity
1% of the time we die = -$1,000,000 equity

interesting ev calculation

[millidonk]

99% of the time we get to keep the telly +$200 equity
1% of the time we die = -$1,000,000 equity

interesting ev calculation

1% die + 99% live the rest of your life in constant fear of it happening again < 1% die + 99% know you schooled them burglar bitches + keep the telly and +$200 equity.

[gatso]

i haz bars on all my windows

those stupidly dangerous ones that mean you die if there's a fire?

[Dingdell]

i haz bars on all my windows

those stupidly dangerous ones that mean you die if there's a fire?

Don't raise our hopes ;-) Joke obv Pleno1 x

[pleno1]

i never thought of it like that.

[outragous76]

i never thought of it like that.

i would sooner live in a house and leave my windows and doors wide open than live in a house with bars on the windows