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Ask Slashdot: Starting From Scratch After a Burglary?

Posted by timothy on from the smart-guns-lots-of-smart-guns dept.

New submitter sc30317 writes "My house got robbed on Friday, and all of our electronics got stolen. Everything. Now, I have to go out and buy all new electronics with the insurance money. We had five TVs (don't ask), three laptops, a Bose Sound dock with iPod, a digital camera, and a desktop stolen. It's looking like I am going to get around $10K from the insurance company to replace everything. What would you do if you had to replace ALL of your technology in your house at once? I'm thinking: replace TVs; nice Desktop; new speakers; and new, cool stuff I don't know about (suggestions welcome). I already added a DVR security system, so hopefully the new things won't get burgled! Looking for suggestions to utilize my money in order to get the best stuff. Also, no Windows computers allowed in my house."

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  1. Re:If you had a Windows computer by Pete+LaGrange · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    wishing I had mod points...

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  2. Re:First purchase by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Get a nice AR-15 and some high capacity mags before they're banned.

    Of, if you can't find one (they are all currently sold out), in the meantime, you could just get a nice shotgun as Joe Biden recommended recently.

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  3. Re:First purchase by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm as pro gun as anyone out there, but I'm baffled why gun safes are not mandatory for those who wish to keep a gun at home*.

    Well, for one thing...if someone is breaking into my house and I wake up and hear it..I don't want to have to count on the criminals good nature to wait for me to get up, find my glasses, fumble around in the dark to get to my gun safe, turn on the light and fiddle with the combination so I can get the gun out, to shoot said criminal.

    Me?

    I have several handguns hidden around various parts of the house, fully loaded, rounds chambered safety on.

    So, no matter where I am I am in close reach of a weapon and I merely need to flip the safety off and start firing. I have loaded spare clips near the semi's and speed loaders near the revolvers. I still have a clip of black talons in the Baretta.

    Why should the govt. tell me how I have to keep my weapons stowed?

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