So had a near break in experience last night...gonna get a security system and a firearm. Any suggestions?
I would avoid a shotgun, mostly because of size, but if you do get one, a pistol grip mossberg 500 .410 is a good compromise. Especially if you have a wife that might need to use it.
A full frame pistol is probably the way I would go. Something that you are comfortable shooting.
As for security system... if you want something to make noise to hopefully scare perps off, then go for one of those professional ones that put sensors on everything. (Most robberies in my area are smash and grab so those alarms don’t do much except give them a timer)
If you just want camera evidence that someone was in your house, you can go as cheap as a camera and dvr bundle from Harbor Freight. Just make sure you hide the dvr well and put everything on UPS’s so that they don’t die when the power goes out. (A long with your WiFi). I use Foscam cameras. I also configured port forwarding and made at least one of the cameras accessible via phone while I’m away. (Just don’t use DDNS to support your camera’s accessibility outside of your home network. It’s a security risk I wouldn’t take)
There are other options, like Arlo, that save your camera data to the cloud and you can access that via mobile devices no matter where you are. (I just don’t want my video data stored in the cloud)
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