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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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Apr 28, 2007 - 06:59pm PT
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This has me very concerned.
Crimpie, you need to be better prepared for such a situation.
Pepper spray at the very least.
Add a bat...better.
Add a 9mm and a little training....much better.
Add a 12 gauge shotgun...prepared for any scenario.
If that weirdo had really wanted to, he could have broken the window and been all over you before any police would have been able to get there.
"It's better to be judged by 12, than carried by 8."
Check these out. Pepper spray keychains!
Made from Aluminum, you can also whack someone pretty good
with it too! (I keep one in my car)
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J. Werlin
climber
Cedaredge
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Apr 28, 2007 - 07:21pm PT
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Sorry you had to go through that BS Crimp--that kind of fear is no fun.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Apr 28, 2007 - 08:03pm PT
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L wrote:
HK--Where'd Foam-Face go???
Here's the little darling:
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Hell on earth wondering what I did to deserve it
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 28, 2007 - 08:25pm PT
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The motion detector lights are awesome. I have none on my own home, but by neighbor does. In fact, that it was illuminated after the first glass crash was part of the reason I knew something was WAY wrong. I get paid on Tuesday so I see a fun trip to the Home Depot to get a few additional lights for my own house. I'll light the place up light a landing strip.
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Apr 28, 2007 - 08:57pm PT
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That guy deffinatly needs a trip through the system. That's total bullsh!t. No body with good intention visits a person they barley know and haven't seen in two years in the middle of the night by trying to get into a window!
Hey, arn't most Rapes done by someone who knows the victim?
Sorry you had to go through that!
I like the shotgun idea. Easy to operate, point and shoot!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Apr 28, 2007 - 09:01pm PT
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1. Move to Canada.
2. Bear spray, though not much use if the person doesn't know you have it/can't see it, or has a gun. (Spray in face - trigger finger twitches - blam! No telling who/what gets hit.)
3. As below.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Apr 28, 2007 - 09:09pm PT
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That foam mace is new to me and looks like a really good idea.
When firearms get mentioned my first thought is the ease with which one can err (especially in darkness/sleepiness/fearfulness etc).
Defending oneself with a firearm is - obviously - serious business, and it would be a bummer to have to justify one's actions in court.
I have no experience with rubber bullets - generally considered non-lethal - but, based on the specs would certainly consider using them if I were in a situation that required home/personal self defense with a gun and I had no other alternatives.
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Apr 28, 2007 - 09:20pm PT
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The motion activated lights are a good idea.
I put two solar powered ones in the avocado forest after somebody ripped off my neighbor's avocados last year.
I put two fake video cameras on tall posts too, illuminated by the motion lights so whoever may be up to no good can see them.
The *cameras* are just hollow camera housings with blinking red LEDs. Got them for ten bucks each. I put a length of irrigation hose in the back of the *cameras* and buried the other end in the dirt for added realism.
Whole security system didn't even cost a hundred bucks.
I don't need anything real sophisticated. Word on the street says the folks ripping off avocados around here after dark are the same Mexicans who do the legitimate picking in the daytime.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Apr 28, 2007 - 09:25pm PT
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Yeah my home protection .40 Baby Eagle has epoxy funkness in every round just in case the intruder is more redKneck then I. Do you want to play with spray and rubber bullets, This is not the movies, this is your life and if anyone infringes upon that they deserve to be removed from the gene pool.* Anyone having any questions about this is BAIT.......
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Apr 28, 2007 - 11:44pm PT
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RE:
"Anyone having any questions about this is BAIT......."
I just wanna see a pic of the Eagle :)
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roslyn
Trad climber
washington
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Apr 29, 2007 - 02:14am PT
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that's crazy schit crimpie!!! I'm with russ and everyone else pursue charges!!!
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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Apr 29, 2007 - 02:15am PT
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You mean this Mark?
This is the "Baby Eagle"...I have the 9mm of this...
It's my favorite!
It holds 15 rounds,
polygonal rifling
single/double action w/ decocker/safety,
so it's super safe to carry.
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Apr 29, 2007 - 02:31am PT
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Baby Eagle should be OK with Crimpie.
She likes birds.
Or maybe a RedHawk or something.
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Apr 29, 2007 - 03:30am PT
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oh Crimpie! just saw your post and I'm too drunk to get full on here but hey, the as#@&%e! How DARE he do such a thing? Karl is right. if you shot him he'd be on your mind forever. ON the other hand. if you shot him you would be less mad. hmmm. Best wishes to you darlin'.
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TradIsGood
Happy and Healthy climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Apr 29, 2007 - 10:30am PT
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How would a bat be any more protection than a bird?
Rabies doesn't kill instantly.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Hell on earth wondering what I did to deserve it
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 29, 2007 - 11:10am PT
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I'm still riled up about it. Grrrrr.
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Burns
Trad climber
Nowhere special
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Apr 29, 2007 - 12:09pm PT
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As well you should be Crimpy. I'm really sorry that happened. Violating someone's feeling of security in their own home is not OK, even if it a misguided amorous advance. If the guy had thoughts that stopping by in the middle of the night pretending to be the pizza man would get him laid, he's probably been watching way too much porn (and has obviously never been an actual pizza man).
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TradIsGood
Happy and Healthy climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Police Can Kill Fleeing Suspects: US Supreme Court
Too bad this didn't come out a couple weeks ago! Could have had pictures and everything!
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