Last night my wife and I woke to around 12:30 AM to the sound of a car alarm going off in our neighborhood. My wife looked out the window and confirmed it wasn’t her car parked outside in the driveway. She had said that she though she heard the door open and went to investigate. I really should have gone with her. She came back to say she locked the kitchen door leading to the garage.

Now Mt. Juliet is not known as a crime capital. At the worst you’d have some teenagers breaking into cars. My mom had things stolen from her car before. Home invasions and burglaries are rare. Still it had me thinking what I would do if someone did break in. I’m not a gun owner and I don’t plan on being one. Guns are dangerous and would be more likely to hurt a loved one than an intruder.

I’m thankful that I live in a relatively safe city, but still the episode last night made me think about precautions I should do should I need to protect my family.