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My dad installed a CCTV system that cost several hundred dollars.
He lives in a gated community.
At the end of the street, with other houses that have boats outside while my parents' has nothing that would call the attention.
maybe his threat model is teens with parents incapable of loving them
Cameras are such a weird phenomena.
Like great, you got blurry footage of someone walking back and forth. Now you can give your blurry footage to teh cops, who won't do anything with it bc they don't give a shit.
idk, home security is dumb. Get a reinforced kick-plate, put things you'd prefer not to be stolen out of sight, that's pretty much all you can do. All the rest of it is just hyping yourself up.
We have cameras to see if the mail has come yet, which of us moved the big broom, check in on things while we're out of town, etc. They can be useful even if you're not in a risky neighborhood.
ETA: We have no firearms, because we don't have any interest in maintaining the proficiency necessary to ensure that we don't accidentally kill each other. Even aside from that, we have no interest in hunting, and the likelihood that a gun would ever make a positive difference during some remotely-possible home invasion is basically unmeasurable.
Cameras for packages is a good and legit usage, i like that.
Nothing is wrong with a camera system. I believe everybody should get one. Given that it can't be accessed willy nilly by whoever they bought it from.
I mean, if you have nothing better to do with your money, sure. But I think it's a waste when you already live in a gated community. I disapprove of the concept of gated communities in general, and I don't think they really even make your home much safer (home invasions are vanishingly rare, thieves will always rather steal from a store with cash than a home).