Walleye
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A little background:
For the longest time, my father has left his basement door unlocked. He has lots of work related stuff down there and keeps his firearms in the basement as well. He doesn't have a safe for the firearms though (not even gun locks).
Recently, I heard about some illegal trespassing at a plumbing supply depot just down the road from where he lives. This prompted me to think about the basement again - it wouldn't be that hard for someone to just walk in, take all the firearms, and walk off. So I locked the basement door.
Later, I got wind that my father was pretty irritated that I had locked the basement door. This had me somewhat surprised because I would think that he would know most of all how easy it would be for someone with malicious intent to take whatever they wanted from the basement. While local crime rates aren't nearly as bad as a place such as DC, it doesn't mean it never happens, as proof of the trespassing incident down the road.
I recall that we used to lock the doors all the time, no ifs or buts. This got me to thinking, just how important is locking your doors? I'd like to think it's just a small thing one can do to ensure a little bit more security, but just how much good does it really do?
Admins/Mods, delete if this is too far off topic.
A little background:
For the longest time, my father has left his basement door unlocked. He has lots of work related stuff down there and keeps his firearms in the basement as well. He doesn't have a safe for the firearms though (not even gun locks).
Recently, I heard about some illegal trespassing at a plumbing supply depot just down the road from where he lives. This prompted me to think about the basement again - it wouldn't be that hard for someone to just walk in, take all the firearms, and walk off. So I locked the basement door.
Later, I got wind that my father was pretty irritated that I had locked the basement door. This had me somewhat surprised because I would think that he would know most of all how easy it would be for someone with malicious intent to take whatever they wanted from the basement. While local crime rates aren't nearly as bad as a place such as DC, it doesn't mean it never happens, as proof of the trespassing incident down the road.
I recall that we used to lock the doors all the time, no ifs or buts. This got me to thinking, just how important is locking your doors? I'd like to think it's just a small thing one can do to ensure a little bit more security, but just how much good does it really do?