Home Invaders

Earlier this month a dude on the near northwest side of Indy shot and killed a guy trying to force his way into his house at four in the morning. The area around 26th Street and Harding is a fairly sporty neighborhood, but still...

There was another home intruder fatally shot just a couple days ago, at an apartment complex up at 75th & Shadeland. This time a dude kicked his way into his ex-girlfriend's apartment and got hisself capped.

Here would be a good time to insert a couple of public service announcements:

1. For the price of a swoopy AR-15 and plate carrier for dealing with hypothetical home invaders, you could probably get a good steel exterior door and high quality deadbolt. Maybe if you feel like you live someplace that warrants it, look into an outward-opening security door, or some sort of extra reinforcement. All the home defense gizmos in the world are worthless if your front door will yield to a determined boot.


2. Like the apartment shooting reminds us, "stranger danger" is way overplayed. The vast majority of criminal violence happens between people who already know each other. Good relationship hygiene is important; statistically speaking, you already know the person you are most likely to have to pepper spray.