Home Safes – Don’t Be A Statistic
Why do you need a safe? Better be safe, than sorry. None of us spend much time thinking about “ what if”, but perhaps we should. Protect yourself from what? Read the astounding statistics below. What do you have worth protecting? You know a safe is the only place to keep any guns you may own. There is no “ good hiding place ” so the kids will eventually find them anywhere other than locked in a safe. Or what if the burglar finds them? Besides the expense of the gun, your family’s lives could be in danger. Don’t you like to keep some cash around the house so you don’t have to be concerned about the bank’s hours? Can you imagine your children’s social security cards disappearing, or losing all your I.D., your passport, birth certificate, or that diamond ring your grandmother left you?
Statistics show that homes are very vulnerable to burglaries and thefts. You truly should consider buying a residential safe/home safe. Look at the following statistics and you will see why you must make this decision now.
U.S. News shares some FBI stats that were posted 9-29-08. The statistics are for the year 2007. The number of property crimes were 9,843,481, with $17.6 “billion” being the amount that victims of property crimes lost. Here are some actual numbers of incidents for some cities with a population of between 200,000-400,000.
Buffalo, NY Property Burglaries 1,100 Thefts 3,091
Cincinnati, OH Property Burglaries 1,865 Thefts 3,710
St. Louis, MO Property Burglaries 2,093 Thefts 5,839
Tampa, FL Property Burglaries 1,252 Thefts 3,081
Don't be a statistic! Be proactive. Reactive is not good enough. There are some damages that simply cannot be corrected.
