Locking your doors?

[ckaliszewski]

In my town there is no real need to lock your doors, but I started doing it anyway about a year ago. It's better to be safe than sorry.

[mcbrg626]

Every time I turn around my dad has the door locked. It could be broad daylight out and he will be sitting on the couch near the door and he will still lock it. We don't live next to horrible neighbors or anything. In fact, we live in a nice neighborhood. I honestly think my dad has been watching too many tv shows where people break into houses. I honestly don't keep the door locked it its me. Like others have said, if someone wants to get in they will get in by any means necessary.

[cateyes1]

some times house unlocked when I go to bed house unlocked if they want to get in they well get in.

I agree with you but why make it so easy? at least with the door locked you will be able to hear the noise of them breaking a window or something then you can take action or call 911...just my thoughts!!

[ktheodos]

ill keep the house doors unlocked when I"m home, though I lock everything at all other times....the other day though I accidentally locked myself out of the house which was not good.

[kay7]

I feel very safe in our neighborhood but we try to remember to lock the doors when we leave or go to bed.  We have forgotten to put the garage door down without any problems but it's not something we usually do because we are in an urban area and you never know who might drive through.

[Barbaralynne]

I lock up when I leave or take a shower,but I don't really worry when I am at home.Sometimes I leave a door open when I walk the dog ,probably not safe but old habits die hard.

[kqa]

I just have to always lock all the doors. Weird things happen in the safest places.

[meyerkendra]

My house was broken into when the doors were locked, I have never had anyone steel anything when my doors were unlocked. I do own a gun, and if I was home would blow a hole in someone if they every stepped foot in my own without authorization. But like I said, things like that just don't happen down here. When people's houses are broken into down here it's from an outsider or someone that was passing threw. And it does happen, but it's gonna happen weither your doors were locked or not.

[candyterrius]

It’s common sense to lock doors to both the house and the car even to briefly run a quick errand than to feel sorry later on. Unlock doors can invite unwanted criminal activity at any time when one least expect it.

[sdenimandlace1]

Just is the last 3 years have ai started locking the house and the car door, We had a 300 home neuighbor hood built. Use too if you heard seirns you new what of the neighbo was in trouble, know it is the police going to the new neighbor hood . I even pull the truck in were I can see thegas cap at night.

[CarolGalicia]

[/shadow] :icon_rr:Coming from the big city I definitly lock my doors....but then in a small town you would be supprised how much bad goes on....I had a friend one open her door and a young boy she nor her family knew...sitting in her front room watching tv...acting like he lived there....I know that's not so bad but thank God it wasn't somebody dangerous sitting there..

[mrstina08]

We lock our doors all the time. I trust God FOR HIS PROTECTION but i do know that he want us to wise as well.

[aletheadavid]

I always lock my doors... cars/homes/etc... even if it is just to run into the house because i forgot something.  even when i lived in a rural area in Alaska I did.

[mardukblood2009]

Where I live you might be able to get away with it.  When I was little ( I still live in the same home ) someone did walk into our home and steal around 50.00 while we where sleeping.  We always keep our doors locked now. I think it is best to keep your doors locked just in case. I think alarm systems and all this other precaution technology is taking things to extremes though.

[pkrahmer]

I still live in the same town that I had been in since I had been five years old. Growing up we never used to lock the doors. Even now I live in a different house it would still probably be fine not to lock the doors however I would not feel safe.

I think it's a shame that we even have to lock the doors.