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The Prepared Guy
Jan 24, 2024
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Keeping my family safe in our own home is a top priority.  I believe that our home is our castle and should be a safe place where our children can feel both completely safe physically as well as spiritually.

Home break in's are becoming more common.  I'm going to keep this post simple and only discuss what I have done to make it as hard as possible for criminals to gain access to our home. Watch this short video clip and you'll see what I'm talking about.

You all need to know that most doors are as easy to kick in as the door in this video. That’s called a donkey kick.  When your exterior doors were installed it is likely that they were not reinforced properly for a variety of reasons.

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