Here in Houston, they are using the "shotgun" approach...tbrown wrote:Are car burglars using gun sniffing dogs to pick their targets now?AEA wrote:There is a very good chance that your vehicle will be broken into and your shotgun will be stolen. Fairly soon........I would guess it would not last very long in your vehicle.
Seriously, a few months back about 60 vehicles parked at the airport were broken into. My pickup was one of them. Every storage compartment had been searched and my stuff was scattered all over the inside of my vehicle. Nothing was missing (GPS, Radio, CD's all still there). The police told me that most of the vehicles hit were pickups and SUVs and the perps were most likely looking for guns. Don't know if it contributed but I have a Ducks Unlimited sticker on the back window.
I assume the perps knew that most folks wouldn't be carrying into the airport and just went "shopping".
I tried to get the parking company to pay for the damages but they stood on the "park at your own risk" small print on the back of the parking stub.
The thing that made me so mad I could have spit bullets happened while I was reviewing the police report with the responding LEO. Guy from the parking company actually drove by and asked me to move so he could video my license number. I asked him if there was any chance he had a picture of the thug who broke into my vehicle on that thing and then advised him he should move on and not bother me any more.
The LEO was laughing under his breath and said he was surprised at how calm I was in my response. He thought he was going to have to pull me off the guy when he first asked.Anyway, damage to me was 2 punched locks (yeah, the perps punched 'em both because they couldn't get the first one to open for them). Cost me $800 bucks to fix...