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Message:: [QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 2526671, member: 80804"]Someone glibly mentioned multiple pit bulls earlier. Actually, any sort of dog that makes a racket when encountering unfamiliar people is probably the finest security system you can have. The very best is a nasty, yappy little breed that will run under the couch and keep barking no matter what. Big dogs are easy targets for neutralization. Sure, by all means get a safe - it'll probably keep visiting kids from pilfering your coins to use as change for the arcade games, and it may make you feel safer, too. But frankly, like they say about terrorism, a sufficiently motivated and skilled person can defeat ANY security system - they only have to get it right once.  If someone is seriously targeting you, you can't really do anything about it - you can only keep down the probability that you will become a target for a pro. Some suggestions for "hiding in plain sight" were given in an earlier post, some or all of those precautions may make you feel more secure, but you have to accept the fact that there is no absolute security - just the amount you're happy and comfortable with - and can afford.Since there is for all practical purposes no guaranteed security, it becomes something like the question they ask in auto "speed shops" - it's not "How fast do you want to go?" it's "How fast do you want to spend?"[/QUOTE]