Last night I heard screaming.

I live in a very small town. Population under 5k. We live an hour away from any mager city or highway. Our town is VERY safe. Everyone thinks I'm crazy for carrying every day. Everyone thinks I'm crazy for putting up cameras around my house, spotlights out front and back. I want to make my driveway have a gated entrance. My wife supports me, but in more of a "that's his hobby" kind of way. She never really gets that I'm doing it for our family and our safety. Yes she got her CC when I asked her to. Yes she shoots with me when I go to the range. But its always been a hobby to her. And all our friends and all our families think it's crazy that I carry every day and have guns at my house and that I lock my doors.Until last night.Last night we heard screaming. It wasnt loud and sounded like maybe it came from way down the street. It was also quick so we kinda shrugged it off. Until we later heard the sirens and saw the police lights. We live in the country and only have one neighbor. That neighbor had her house broken into last night. She was tied up and the worst happened to her. The bad guy was able to rob her house while she was still tied up and then they stole her car and fled. They have still not been caught.Today all the people in town are getting cameras and suddenly I'm not so crazy. My wife thanked me for doing all the things I do to protect us and she says she will carry more diligently now. I think she finally realizes that if just one thing was different it could have been our house that got hit. Maybe it was my spotlights that made him go to the next house over. Maybe it was my cameras that are clearly visible. Maybe he was staking the house out and he saw our dog. Maybe he saw us shooting in the back yard one day. Who knows why he hit her house and not ours, but either way I'm thankful.One thing a lot of people dont realize is that prevention is half the battle. Turn on lights, close your blinds at night. I hope all of you never have to use the guns we all carry. We are not paranoid we are just being realistic. Shit happens and I want to be prepared for when it does.Some people may ask why I didn't do anything about the screaming. And the answer is that it was too quick and sounded too far away for me to have even known what it was. I dont intend to risk myself or my family to go investigate the unknown. Would you? via /r/CCW https://ift.tt/2QuF1Hs