I am curious if any of you do something extra for mischief night and/or Halloween in terms of home security. We leave our outside lighs on every night until 9:30 but I leave them on all night for mischief night. For Halloween we shut the lights off at 8pm. It is frustrating because I know a lot of the highschool kids come out at this time and we don't mind, but we decided it is not worth the risk with some of the wierdos out there. And I am equally concerned during the day.

 

Does anyone carry a firearm, pepper spray, knife, etc...? Does anyone not open the door at all...even during the day? I don't let my wife open the door by herself...we usually do it together and both hooo and haaa at the costumes. The only other thing I do is walk outside on the driveway during mischief night every once in a while. If I don't hear anyone I go inside and come back out in an hour or so.

WTH do you live?

I was typing the same thing, Tony, and then decided that the rhetoric question was probably not worth it.

 

But since I'm already here, if you, tblant, have to worry about it this much, you're either over-thinking things, or living in a bad, bad place.

 

And if you're serious about OPSEC, the last thing you should do is tell your plan on a public forum.

I'm normally pretty cautious, regardless of the time of day. Just keep your eyes out.

 

I honestly don't think it's that big of a problem. 99% of the issues on those nights are teenagers TPing a house. You can't really use deadly force for that.

last time i checked it was mischeif/trick or treating nights, not murder/home invasion night

i never have problems when i answer the door

 

THE FORK, GOD DAMN IT SOMEBODY HAND ME THE FORK!

Well living <5 miles from camden, I always have a few "things" close by, and I never leave the house. The fact that my town has a curfew @ 8pm (I think) for both nights, and that I've know a few of the cops for 10+ years makes me feel alittle better. But regardless after 8pm the door doesnt get answered.

I treat it like I would any other day.. but then again I am a pretty cautious person all the time.. Halloween is my favorite time of year.. I would tell you that I carry a gun every day but that wont help you much since I am staying in PA at the moment and the rules here are dramatically different..

the answer is simple. you get this cool ass airsoft gun right here. you get a ghillie suit and lay in the bushes. and if anyone tries to egg or TP your house you send them running with little red whelts on their asses.

the answer is simple. you get this cool ass airsoft gun right here. you get a ghillie suit and lay in the bushes. and if anyone tries to egg or TP your house you send them running with little red whelts on their asses.

 

 

while I am sure you are kidding.. said actions would likely land you in a pretty big mess...

is that your zed uniform echomirage

I think you're really over-thinking this, UNLESS you live in the Camden projects.

 

In my area, there really isn't much more crime during halloween compared to any other time of the year. Sure, it's good to have a watchful eye on things and people but you should 1- be doing that all the time and 2 - let you and your wife have fun as well. Having a worried feeling on your shoulders will then put a damper on your night...when you could be enjoying the night with your wife.

I live in Jersey City. I think you're over thinking it.

I dig a fall pit complete with pungy sticks in my front yard.

First of all,

 

I have my outside lights on from dusk till dawn. Well lit houses usually have less people roaming around. Secondly, I do nothing different on that day than any other day.

 

 

When I lived in NY, my driveway was the area for egg fights all the time. As I got older, I would get frustrated cleaning the mess. So the last year I was there, I asked politely for them to do whatever they wanted, just not near my property. When I got the F u cracka etc... I pulled the auto cocker out with a hoppper of paintballs ready to rock. It was fun as hell. Looking back, I took a big risk. Boy was it fun though. Side note, I sold the auto cocker the next day.

Wow, I treat both of these days like any other day, not sure where the OP lives but I have never had to deal with thinking like that even when I was in Avenel, Perth Amboy, or where I grew up in Elizabeth. I live in a nice neighborhood and all the kids probably have heard a rumor or 2 about me and bikers and even though they are not true, may stay away and not mess with my pad.

 

On the other side of the coin being I shop at Costco and I like Kit-Kat's I get 6 or 7 boxes of the full size bars and I think the kids would beat up the one that jeopardized them getting them from me.

 

Harry

If ur really that worried about it then just get a sling shot sit on ur roof and shoot candy at the kids coming for holloween that being said conceal carry its ur home and keep a shotgun somewhere close u can get to

UNLESS you live in the Camden projects.

 

Dont need to live in the projects, they will come to you. I live a few miles from camden and they drive over here by the carloads for halloween

Claymore mines surrounding the perimeter. Assault puppies in the house. I'm ready to rock.

If ur really that worried about it then just get a sling shot sit on ur roof and shoot candy at the kids coming for holloween that being said conceal carry its ur home and keep a shotgun somewhere close u can get to

 

I'll give you one guess to what else is also illegal to have in NJ. Hint, it's not candy. Yet.

Claymore mines surrounding the perimeter. Assault puppies in the house. I'm ready to rock.

Better be careful with those assault puppies, the AG banned them so you could be facing some serious jail time.

Better be careful with those assault puppies, the AG banned them so you could be facing some serious jail time.

 

I swear to god, they get one whiff of "EVIL BLACK MILITARY STYLE CANINE" and it's just ban EVERYTHING.

 

Better be careful with those assault puppies, the AG banned them so you could be facing some serious jail time.

 

All you have to do to make them legal is pin their high capacity bladders.

All you have to do to make them legal is pin their high capacity bladders.

 

Don't laugh, it's expensive. My dog just had a bladder stone. Similar to a kidney stone except it forms in the bladder. Total cost for operation to remove it... $1604.82

Ok. Lets see a show of hands... How many of you are dressing up for Halloween as Zombies?

Ok. Lets see a show of hands... How many of you are dressing up for Halloween as Zombies?

 

Terrible idea.

 

"Todays top story. Zombie outbreak, hundreds dead. Parents regret letting their children go dressed as 'zombies' for Halloween. "

I always thought Halloween is a great opportunity to get revenge on someone who may have done you wrong. It is pretty much the only day of the year when someone will open their door to anyone regardless of what they look like. What are they going to tell the police ? I was attacked by Freddy Krueger, a ghost, ET ????

One of the few days a year that is somewhat safe is on mischeif night and halloween the cops usually patrol alot more than usual, but regardlessly being observant and cautious will ensure more safety than police patrols. Its not that bad the us un general is pretty safe I have about 2 or so months a year I live in south america and haha yea its a disaster everyday and when the hollidays roll by it far worse.