Re: X10 replacement?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Nick Hull <nhull@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <451edb0d.973501187@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:
>
>> After all the only reason to have a security system
>> is to get a discount on your insurance - it will not deter the typical
>> burglar.
>
>Depends on the security system.  I think mine will do more than deter a
>typical burgler.  I never asked for a discount on insurance.

FBI statistics show that most residential burglaries occur in early
afternoon - the time of day the residences are most likely vacant.

Interviews with burglars serving prison sentences show that they know they
can be in and out and long gone before there's any response to an alarm.
Their time on-site is usually on the order of 10-15 minutes, tops. The only
deterrent is a dog _INSIDE_ the residence as they do not want to be attacked
by a vicious dog. They view an occasional prison term as a "cost of doing
business".

Nationwide, about 95% of alarms are false so police agencies largely ignore
them.

Unless your "security system" does something to change these fundamental
facts, it's unlikely that it improves your security although it will improve
the financial security of the fearmonger (i.e. security specialist) who sold
it to you.

If you're talking about other, non-security related features of your
"security system" then you are not speaking to the question. There are
usually less expensive ways to handle the non-security related features.

If your "security system" is UL approved and your insurnce company offers a
discount for UL approved security systems and you have not taken the
discount, then you apparently have more money than brains.

If you're talking about guns, I think you'll find there are more people
killed inside their residences by intruders using the resident's own guns
than there are dead burglars shot by vigilant residents.

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