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Thanks for all the replies! I'm looking into more of these things over the next week. The lady said she's going to get me a garage close to the apartment, I just don't trust people. I have good insurance, I just don't want to go through the hassles of insurance. I'd rather just have peace of mind first-and-foremost and worry about insurance if someone was to ultimately decide against all adversity, they needed my things more than I do. I’ve read about people putting in a game-hunting-camera too to get photos of anyone stealing their things. I think that’s kind of funny, even more so if they steal your camera. I honestly don’t worry about people stealing the bike so much as I worry about all my tools, bicycles, and that jazz. Again, thanks for the ideas and help! If I buy any items I’ll stick to local vendors here.

I'm moving to an apartment here soon and of course they have the detached garage. I have things I need to protect, can someone help me with some ideas? I've found the DeWalt Mobilelock, seems like a gimmick though.

I don't know how this will all play out, but "FTR" Magley64, Fuck you.

I avoid any animal that's nickname can be associated with Death Adder.

I rode mohican a little in the winter time. It was cold, it was fun, it was cold.

JJ has a pretty interesting history if you go back to it's true 'beginning' before it was a martial art and worked it's way up into street fighting and then into the pro-circuits where a lot of it's moves were either outlawed or modified. Pretty neat stuff!

I heard this on Friday, instantly loved it.

I actually laughed out loud at this.

I kind of knew this was gonna happen. I know how it 'sounds' in text format, I just don't have any way to make it sound better. My problem isn't necessarily with people having the right to carry a firearm, it's that the people who have the right don't necessarily have the training. They're taught the legal aspects of it, which is important, but they're not taught things of a different type of importance. I'm NOT against civilians having guns (it's been proven time and time again to be more of an asset than a problem) I just WISH there was solid training for those who qualify to carry them that goes beyond operation, safety, and when you're allowed to shoot people (legislative). I served on a team where one of the biggest eye openers for me was in the training when they said 'it's like paintball, but with consequences' 15 minutes into the training you've killed four civilians, a hostage, out right murdered two people who were compliant in their own way, and escalated a drunk from a point of passive-non-compliance to were deadly force was a need to protect your life --- In all cases we were wrong and we were serving on teams of six. Our instructors were a F.B.I. trainer, two U.S. Marshal's, and a former Marine recon sniper, all impressive histories, all with impressive scenarios and sea-stories of what-if scenario's. MY favorite quote from it all is: "When it goes down and you've been put into a position of you or them has to die, get out of the situation, don't turn your back, if they lock you into a position where you absolutely can not get away from them and de-escalate ... It's time to get to work, your family is waiting for you at home." --- Not for the drastic twist at the end but I always thought it exemplified the right mind-set you need to be in. The most important thing I learned through all of it is all you can do is train and train and train and be prepared to use it and hope you don't have to, because when it comes down to it, who is going to push the furthest, and if you're prepared to go the whole distance, you had better be justified (as was mentioned). I had to apply more of the training than I ever cared for, but without the training, I'd be dead many times over, or worse, other people would have been. But the ideal scenario will never present itself and (some) people think they're going to hear a noise in their house late at night, it'll wake them from their slumber and they'll be in a mindset to 'protect' their family with the loaded gun they keep next to their bed at night. Their going to sneak down stairs and be in a mindset where they can make the right choices given their scenario. It's just not realistic to think that a situation will present itself and you're going to have all this time to think, analyze, decide if you need to draw or not to shoot and/or kill someone. I literally feel heart-ache for anyone who has HAD to use their firearm to defend themselves or others because that's absolutely not a easy decision to make in this world, and I respect everyone who has civilian or military, just wish you all had more training (civilian and military). Sorry these posts are so long haha, this is a hard thing for me to communicate over the internetz.

I know there are a lot in Pickerington because they just lowered the speed limit on Hill Rd/256 from 50 mph to 45 and the cops have been eating people up.

Civilians that have no idea of a fight-or-flight situation where they -think- they're prepared to take another persons life simply because they own a gun and went through a safety course and know some laws, are the exact reason I have a problem with the conceal-carry programs. Your mind changes when you're put into a situation of necessity. This has been the on going battle for law enforcement officers since the beginning. "They have to make a decision in seconds that a court gets to pour over and analyze for years if they want to." --- Like anything else you can be trained on what to do in what situation, but you're not trained by reading a book on how to do it, watching some movies, or going over in-home techniques. If I'm in a situation where I feel threatened, and 'brandishing a weapon' makes me feel safer and protects those in my area from initial harm. Then let the perpetrator make the case of: 'I was walking up to the guy asking for money, he told me to get away from him, I didn't listen and kept moving towards him and he pulled out a weapon' --- of course the outcome is extreme and has probably an infinite number of variables. Put looking at pulling a firearm as the reason to use it, or not pulling it because you feel you have to start squeezing off rounds if you pull your gun out is a horrible mentality to keep. You need to be TRAINED for your instance, ALERT to your surroundings and options, FLEXIBLE to situations as they develop. Most encounters are not: You pull out weapon --> Person flees for their life/you have to shoot them nine times/person drags you through judicial systems. You carry to protect you and your surroundings, so long as your mindset is in the protection of you and your surroundings without the preemptive thought of hurting people. I wouldn't stand by and watch a woman/man be raped anymore than I would draw on a guy/girl getting loud with wife/husband.

Oregon is beautiful!

Truth.

I only half-heartedly agree with this. Drawing your weapon still leaves you at the second stage of escalation which for you non-military folks is presence. If I tell someone to "Stop, move back." and they move forward again, I'll draw on them and let them know they need to "Stop, and move back." I'm not naive to believe that this does not escalate the situation and that you -should- be prepared to use it if you're drawing it. But at the same time, drawing a weapon does two things: 1. It lets them know you're armed and 2. It lets them know you're prepared to go the next step if situation is going to fully escalate and the first round most likely won't be flung to the side, cause you're already on target. Like many of you (but not all) I've done my time, and I would much prefer no situation than a bad one. But simply because I draw a firearm doesn't mean I need to unload the clip into them and be prepared for reload just-in-case ...

This is similiar to how me and my friends started learning the stock market years ago only we all decided to go in with $500 for real, it came pretty apparent, pretty quick who knew what things like M.O.S.S. and Dividend pay out schedules were. Do your research and you can make good money, just don't ever mistake it for things like "Well this company makes money so they'll have great returns." JPM recent had their whole 'scandal' in the news and their stock dropped like $8 over a week, nothing changed but Jamie Dimon had to fire some people, but people sold off stock like the bank was going under out of a few bad apples. Always invest in good management/leadership. Stick to things like products you use and things that interest you too so you don't have a problem reading the dry Wall Street Journal articles. AND if you want to get on the mathematic side of it, study balance sheets and financial statements, that's your true picture of historic performance of a company: Strong bottom line, good management, and a market leader, good company.