Intercasa Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 A good fire extinguisher will spray them with chemical powder and you can be a good distance off and in the end hit them with it if they want more 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 When you decide to resist, remember that a friend and her partner in La Floresta were killed when they fought back during a home invasion a number of years ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted December 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 From what I am learning here, I am leaning toward the stun gun approach. I do not want a guy attached to a wire withering around on my floor...I just want him out of here!!! My question: is there a stun gun that is effective within a short distanced, say 10 feet? Most reports I see here refer to "touch" stun guns and no way would I want to be near enough to touch the guy. Is there such a devise? And also just to be clear, I still feel very safe here, in fact much safer than parts of Southern California that I lived in many years ago where I certainly would not like to be now with all the troubles they are currently going through!!! VIVA LAKESIDE! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 We don't have anything in our home worth a physical confrontation with a man (or more likely men) 40 years younger than us. Past instances of home invasion (very very rare here, can't even remember last one) have involved more than one robber; how many of us are still able to fend off multiple persons at one time?? It's never a good idea to start a fight you aren't sure you can win. You don't know if they're armed with knives, guns or their own tasers, or how many there are in your house. So you spray/tase/ or otherwise momentarily slow down Guy #1....you think Guy #2 is gonna like that?? Even if it's just one guy---you spray him with wasp spray or stun him for a few minutes--think the Chapala Police will arrive in 2 minutes?? What do you do when he comes to on your floor; he's going to be in a really bad mood! Are you prepared to beat someone to death while you wait on the Police to arrive (keep in mind the Ajijic sub-station closes at 7PM). Once they are in your home, let them have whatever they want. Frankly most burglaries here are committed in daytimes, mostly petty crimes of opportunity when they know the house is empty. Best advice is to secure access to break-ins. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 My conclusion from all these posts is that resistance may do more harm than good. I don't imagine that anyone who is about to rob people is not carrying a weapon of his own. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 Resistance is likely to get you killed. Unless you are sitting with your weapon locked and loaded, aimed at the door, and are agile and alert, you may be "toast" anyway. Just comply, and avoid looking at their faces intently. Your life may only be worth 'nada', in their eyes, if they think you may be able to identify them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcscats Posted December 17, 2021 Report Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Intercasa said: A good fire extinguisher will spray them with chemical powder and you can be a good distance off and in the end hit them with it if they want more Note dry chemical not CO2 extinguisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudgirl Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Bisbee Gal said: Past instances of home invasion (very very rare here, can't even remember last one) have involved more than one robber; how many of us are still able to fend off multiple persons at one time?? It's never a good idea to start a fight you aren't sure you can win. Exactly. There were a couple of home invasions here in Sayulita a few years ago, I know both of the victims. It was the same guys who did both invasions and there were 3 of them. Both invasions were not likely random. Both were business owners who the thieves probably figured had plenty of cash on the premises. In the first one, they actually tied her up. They had knives, might have had a gun. Took cash and made her hand over the car keys, and stole her car. Second case, he and his girlfriend were watching the Oscars, the door was ajar, and they burst in with knives and rope. The gal was quick thinking and surreptitiously pulled her phone off the coffee table with her foot that had been resting there and kicked it under the couch. Then she told the theives that they had friends coming over to watch the show with them in 5 minutes, they had kids- please don't tie us up, we don't want the kids to see that, just take what you want and get out. Which they did. Got caught a few weeks later, stupidly driving the stolen car around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiko Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Hero non-lethal pistol Hero Or just buy a paintball pistol and keep a bag of paintballs in the freezer. One hit with a frozen paintball is a forever cherished memory. Like getting hit by a flying rock at 200 mph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 44 minutes ago, Kiko said: Hero non-lethal pistol Hero Or just buy a paintball pistol and keep a bag of paintballs in the freezer. One hit with a frozen paintball is a forever cherished memory. Like getting hit by a flying rock at 200 mph. Where can you buy the Hero here and how much? Again just want to get the guy(s) to take off like scared rabbits!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiko Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 I think paintball guns are available here. You can buy .68 cal paintballs packed with pepper spray or tear gas on Amazon. Or a paintball shop in Guad may have resources. If you sprayed 200 frozen .68 cal paintballs at someone in a 60 second burst I doubt if they are going to hang around long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Amazon.com.mx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby brown Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 8 hours ago, MtnMama said: When you decide to resist, remember that a friend and her partner in La Floresta were killed when they fought back during a home invasion a number of years ago. Well; at least they died on their feet and not on their knees--If anybody wants to take me out; my goal will be to take as many of them with me--!!--and we will settle our scores in HELL--HA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby brown Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 8 hours ago, MtnMama said: When you decide to resist, remember that a friend and her partner in La Floresta were killed when they fought back during a home invasion a number of years ago. They would have been killed anyway--since the perps were willing to kill in the first place--My constitution is I will fight to the death and take as many as I can with me-I'm not built for liberal B.S..---HA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby brown Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 6 hours ago, RVGRINGO said: Resistance is likely to get you killed. Unless you are sitting with your weapon locked and loaded, aimed at the door, and are agile and alert, you may be "toast" anyway. Just comply, and avoid looking at their faces intently. Your life may only be worth 'nada', in their eyes, if they think you may be able to identify them. How about having a friend that does not bark- a pitbull for example--He or she will fight to the death for their --Mexicans are deathly afraid of dogs-- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 55 minutes ago, bobby brown said: How about having a friend that does not bark- a pitbull for example--He or she will fight to the death for their --Mexicans are deathly afraid of dogs-- Silly boy. Pit bulls are bred to be nice to people and fight other dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 The best option by far is to not let them get onto your property and into your house. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby brown Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 8 hours ago, MtnMama said: Silly boy. Pit bulls are bred to be nice to people and fight other dogs. OK-- how about rotwheilers- or ehatever ;spert--HA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Bandits have been known to throw meat in the yard that has poison on it for the dogs to eat, then, either die or get so sick the crooks can enter the house at will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Sadly, I've heard of the dog poisoning more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 20 hours ago, MtnMama said: When you decide to resist, remember that a friend and her partner in La Floresta were killed when they fought back during a home invasion a number of years ago. I knew that couple quite well. They were my neighbors here is lower SAT for a number of years before they bought the home in La Floresta. I understand that some workers nearby saw the box of thier new large screen TV for trash pickup and thought they would help themselves to it and broke in not knowing that they were home. Once they (2 brothers I think) saw they were identified proceeded to kill them. They were caught and confessed and am sure now enjoying thier time in one of Mexico's cushy prisons. Very nice couple and a great tragedy. Maybe they fought back after they were attacked, however the robbers were not armed...maybe a stun gun could have saved them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringohombre Posted December 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 14 hours ago, ibarra said: Amazon.com.mx I have tried many variations of search here including Hero non-lethal pistol and nada!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy2013 Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 There is a store at Gran Plaza on the second that sells all sorts of things for protection. Have not been to Gran Plaza for a long time because of covid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyvmx Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 Hero Doesn't look threatening. This does. Only 19 left on Amazon.com. There were 20. Search paintball guns. Don't bother with the rubber balls or CO2 cartridge. If the threat doesn't make them run...firing balls won't either. Ships to Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted December 18, 2021 Report Share Posted December 18, 2021 40 minutes ago, gringohombre said: I have tried many variations of search here including Hero non-lethal pistol and nada!!! There are several others also: https://www.amazon.com.mx/Hero-Juego-Pistolas-Combate-Balas/dp/B088PSS7Q8/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_MX=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=Hero+pistol&qid=1639852541&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com.mx/Hero-Pistola-Lanza-Dardos-Balas/dp/B088PSTC8N/ref=sr_1_2?__mk_es_MX=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=Hero+pistol&qid=1639852610&sr=8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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