vtunderground
Enlightened
So three weeks ago I moved to a new apartment... it's a decent place, in a historic neighborhood near the river. The neighbors are all friendly, and during the day there's always families walking and biking up & down my road. I'm pretty happy with the place.
But what I'm not happy about is the low-income housing project three streets over.
The day after I moved in, two guys in a car leaving the project randomly opened fire on a house one street over, and the house across ths street from me. Nobody was hurt, and there was a bunch of witnesses (myself included - this happened in broad daylight), but AFAIK they still don't know who did it.
It's 3:00 AM right now. Thirty minutes ago, I was awoken by someone banging on the window in my front door. I could hear the guy yelling at me, but couldn't make out what he had to say. I threw some pants on, grabbed my gun, and went to the door. Well, as soon as the guy at the door saw me, he began apologizing... he said he was looking for the previous tenant, and he was sorry for waking me, he was just looking to buy some marijuana. (edit: Just noticed that this is my 420th post, that's kinda funny)
Now, I'm starting to get a little worried about my safety. I've been keeping a gun handy, and I just got renter's insurance. I'm planning on putting alarms on the door and windows this weekend, and hopefully swapping the front deadbolt from one with the handle on the inside to one that takes the key on the inside too (so that someone can't just break the window out, reach in, & unlock the door).
So my question is... what would you do? And what else do you think I can do to keep myself safe here?
But what I'm not happy about is the low-income housing project three streets over.
The day after I moved in, two guys in a car leaving the project randomly opened fire on a house one street over, and the house across ths street from me. Nobody was hurt, and there was a bunch of witnesses (myself included - this happened in broad daylight), but AFAIK they still don't know who did it.
It's 3:00 AM right now. Thirty minutes ago, I was awoken by someone banging on the window in my front door. I could hear the guy yelling at me, but couldn't make out what he had to say. I threw some pants on, grabbed my gun, and went to the door. Well, as soon as the guy at the door saw me, he began apologizing... he said he was looking for the previous tenant, and he was sorry for waking me, he was just looking to buy some marijuana. (edit: Just noticed that this is my 420th post, that's kinda funny)
Now, I'm starting to get a little worried about my safety. I've been keeping a gun handy, and I just got renter's insurance. I'm planning on putting alarms on the door and windows this weekend, and hopefully swapping the front deadbolt from one with the handle on the inside to one that takes the key on the inside too (so that someone can't just break the window out, reach in, & unlock the door).
So my question is... what would you do? And what else do you think I can do to keep myself safe here?
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