Ok, I've made it to work. Time to type out some stuff heh. I'll see if I can address some posts by folks first.
I know this has probably been asked, but Someone you know? Someone recently in your home- service work? Cable Guy, Plumber, etc?
Awful precise theft to be random.
Only person to have been in my house other than me in the past 12 months was an MUD guy doing a survey for gas line work they're in the middle of doing right now. And no, he didn't go near where the guns were.
Now for the butt chewing.
Stack on gun cabinet? Fail.
Not bolted down? Fail
This is not to chastise you, it is for the other 300 people on here that are in the same boat you were.
Good quality safe, in a hidden location, out of sight, not prominent , and bolted down to concrete.
Gun safe should be worth as much or more than any single good gun in the safe.
I typically don't collect anything of value. Jewelry, expensive electronics, etc. It's just "stuff" which I generally don't give two ****s about. That said, I had been slowly collecting some cheap guns over the years. The amount of them I had warranted a small cabinet / safe thing to help keep them out of the hands of Squirt when he came over.
So, the only purpose of this 'safe' was to keep Squirt out of it. Not an anti-theft device.
Not bolted down - not intended to be an antitheft device, and given that I rent - I don't think the land lord might appreciate me drilling holes into stuff
As far as worth of the safe being upwards in price if it's for protecting the guns - I agree
Anyone that wants to donate a safe, let me know, I can help with pick-up and delivery.
Hehehehe. Only firearm left is the one on my hip. Doesn't require a safe
And non of your neighbors saw anything?
Apparently not.
http://www.stolenweapon.com/
Requires $13 for a lifetime membership ? Not at the moment.
I'm curious, was the safe in your garage or basement or interior room?
Bedroom. I live in a house that was turned into an apartment. I'm in the basement of the house with it's own front and back doors.
How was entry gained?
And this is where everyone face palms hehehe.Given that I live in this funky apartment - well - the breaker box for my apartment is in my laundry room. It just so happens that the breaker box for the upstairs is also in my laundry room (two breaker boxes).
So I happen to leave my back door unlocked as a courtesy to upstairs neighbors. This has obviously been changed now.
So how was entry gained ? Walked in from back door.
This is further evidenced in that the cat litter box had been moved and the light in the laundry room had been unscrewed (to turn it off). They dusted the light bulb for prints, for those who are curious.
Any neighbors in the area have any surveillance cams or knowledge of comings & goings in the area?
A neighbor across the street would typically kinda know - he likes to sit out on his porch and keep an eye on things. But with it cold out - he's not been sitting outside. As far as cameras - no all around.
With nothing else taken.....someone really had to know where you kept your stuff AND when you were going to be away.
This is where it does get a bit weird.
Since I hurt my back a year ago I haven't really kept up with cleaning. The place is downright cluttered to all hell. Ya can't take two consecutive steps in any given direction - and you *will* have to walk over something. Too many projects going on at once heh.
As such, it'd be difficult to not disturb things, yet the only things disturbed was the gun safe, gun cases, a heater they knocked over, a chisel they grabbed from an adjoining room to pry open a pistol box, and possibly a box of reloaded ammo that looks to have been moved.
So having not disturbed anything, means they took their time. Not letting the cats out means they didn't prop a door open.
A week ago, a dremel had gone missing. I was using it out on my front 'porch' thing to cut some pipe and that was the last day I saw it. I dunno if I lost it (possible) or if left out front and some kid walked off with it, or if someone snagged it from inside the house while eyeballing stuff. The latter seems most likely 'in hind site'. Which means it's possible someone was in the house to eyeball everything once before coming back later to actually do the thieving ?
I would think that your homeowners's insurance policy should cover at least part of that. Most will up to a certain limit, though you may be close to that point.
Rental, and I don't believe I have renter's insurance. As mentioned above, I don't really collect stuff of value so I never gave it two thoughts. And - stuff is just stuff heh.
I've not called the place I might have insurance through yet, that'll be in a bit. Nor have I called the NRA yet.Not what you want to hear, but home burglary, can be like a trip to the salad bar.
I've moved what few things of value I do have to an alternate location now (not at home). A few things from when my mom passed, etc.
This includes all of my reloading gear, brass, powder, and primers. Left the lead at home though heh. I'll also be moving within the month (I hope). Either another apartment or renting a full house, or finally buying a house
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Folks that know I have guns:
Coworkers (6-10 folks). Trust them.
Two best friends a few blocks away. Trust them.
Ex-girlfriend and her family. They're good folks / trust them.
Immediate neighbors: gun cases when going to range are hard to miss.
I've showed and telled for two neighbors about a year ago. Both of them I trust.
Another neighbor is more interested in getting drunk than anything else.
Upstairs neighbors: haven't really said more than 6 words to them in the year they've been there (I'm rarely home at same time they are)... but they're nice enough I suppose.
The last "neighbor" diagonal across street is a house full of folks, and don't trust them one bit. At all.
SemperFiGuy. trust him
All of y'all - but y'all dunno where I live
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edit yet again:This is the first robbery of my house in the 14 years I've lived here by the way. It's been a good neighborhood for the most part.
