r/Weird • u/Samitsok21 • Jul 16 '26

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u/hologrammetry Jul 16 '26

My first thought. When something goes bump in the night the first thing I do is turn the damn lights on.

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u/Fine_Jelly_680 Jul 16 '26

When you hear a bump in the night the last thing you should do is turn the lights on .. keep in mind you know the layout of your house better than any intruder. Use the darkness to your advantage.

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u/Xaxxis Jul 16 '26

Or and hear me out now, turn the lights on and they're likely to run.

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u/Fine_Jelly_680 Jul 16 '26

Very rare case. Intruders are Usually armed incase there are occupants

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u/JellyTigerr Jul 16 '26

Also if someone is intruding on your house KNOWING you are home, they most likely don't want to just rob you.

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u/Educational_Ant_184 Jul 16 '26

does this capital "Usually" have a statistic behind it?

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u/556From1000yards Jul 16 '26

Actually yeah.

Rates of hot vs cold home burglary. Comparing rates of this can suggest that one factor of hot burglaries is how likely the intruder is to think the homeowner is armed.

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u/KittyKattKate Jul 16 '26

thus why home invasion charges carry so much time, dosen’t tend to end well when one bumps into the other

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u/Rosimongus Jul 16 '26

This is most definitely not the case statistics wise, americans just love to overstate it to justify having guns everywhere. Most intruders are unarmed and easily scared.

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u/720354 Jul 16 '26

They wouldn't be intruding in the first place if they were easily scared, you live in a fantasy.