Someone banged on the door of my mom's apartment at 1:30 am a few nights ago, and when she looked out the peephole nobody was there. This got her thinking about home security.
It's a 3rd floor 2 bedroom apartment, unsecured (anyone can enter the building), with a small balcony.
I did a search for "apartment" in the Strategy and Tactics forum and got a few good ideas already. One clever one which I'm going to tell her about is getting a large pair of used men's work boots to leave outside the door. I also like all the ideas about longer screws for the lock and etc., but since this is a rented apartment I don't think extensive modifications are an option.
I seem to remember seeing on this board some kind of brace one can put under their doorknob, that prevents the door from being forced open from the outside. Do those work well? Any other ideas? I also hate the fact that the maintenance people have a key to her unit, but can anything be done to mitigate that?
Would an alarm be a good idea?
She already has a 642 for CCW, and also doubled as her home defense gun, but she recently moved to a state where CCW is illegal. She keeps the 642 by her bed, but I'm going to suggest that she start carrying it when's she's home. I also have a GP100 that I could lend her, I was thinking this might be a better home defense gun because it has much lower recoil.
It's a 3rd floor 2 bedroom apartment, unsecured (anyone can enter the building), with a small balcony.
I did a search for "apartment" in the Strategy and Tactics forum and got a few good ideas already. One clever one which I'm going to tell her about is getting a large pair of used men's work boots to leave outside the door. I also like all the ideas about longer screws for the lock and etc., but since this is a rented apartment I don't think extensive modifications are an option.
I seem to remember seeing on this board some kind of brace one can put under their doorknob, that prevents the door from being forced open from the outside. Do those work well? Any other ideas? I also hate the fact that the maintenance people have a key to her unit, but can anything be done to mitigate that?
Would an alarm be a good idea?
She already has a 642 for CCW, and also doubled as her home defense gun, but she recently moved to a state where CCW is illegal. She keeps the 642 by her bed, but I'm going to suggest that she start carrying it when's she's home. I also have a GP100 that I could lend her, I was thinking this might be a better home defense gun because it has much lower recoil.
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