Quote Originally Posted by BrandiR View Post
How you view it depends on your life experiences. I was raised in a very small town. Kids were always breaking into summer cabins, and sometimes homes. But most of the time they weren't doing it to steal or hurt anyone. They did it because they were bored and too stupid to think of something more productive to quell their boredom. This doesn't make it ok, but it also isn't a death penalty offense.

If I were raised in South Central where a lot of the kids are just as dangerous as the adults, if not more so, then I'd probably have a different perspective.
Great reason to know your area.
Where I live, it is NOT as dangerous as other areas, but there is a lot of property crime, and most of it is NOT bored kids. Most of it is 20-something “kids” who already have a record, and older. Many of them are under the influence of drugs and/or early releases (look up California’s AB109).

I’m not the kind of person who take someone’s life easily, but after dealing with my very bad neighbors (LONG story) for the last year (finally they are evicted), with an infant in the house, my perspective has changed. Dogs can be a great deterrent, but they don’t always stop home invasions or burglaries.