Coin Collectors Beware

This is why I live in a state that allows carrying a firearm and makes it very easy to obtain one

I just read about a coin theft of $150,000 worth of gold coins from a collector in a nearby town in CT.

Here's what the victim did wrong and you should not do.
1. Hire a complete stranger (convicted felon) to do odd jobs inside and outside of your house.
2. Give the stranger access to your security system so he could 'make sure it is working correctly'.
3. Ask the stranger to make a display case for the gold coins.

You know unless you have loaded gun right by your hand and have very ample warning that someone is fixing to rob you then you are at real disadvantage against armed criminal with bad intent. I don't advertise that I have coin collections. I do have 870 Remington shotgun and a handgun, but no carry permit yet. My wife is very frightened of guns. I am not being a veteran, but getting into a gunfight unless your life is really in specific danger is a bad idea IMO. A guy here in Tampa killed one of two robbers lately and now there is some question about use of deadly force. This is BS to me since if someone attempts to rob you with a weapon then you have the right to kill them if you can. It really is a big deal, however. People do prey on coin collectors and we must all be careful and alert to potential danger. The LCS I use I don't see any guns, but I know they are armed and have cameras all over the place.

There isn't much we can do if an acquaintance betrays us. I heard Lou Holtz speak back in the nineties & I never forgot what he said about friends. He said, "Before I call someone friend, I have to ask myself three questions about the person;
1)Do you care? 2)Are you committed? Can I trust you?" Everyone else is an acquaintance.
We are lucky if we can answer yes to all three questions for a handful of people in our lifetime. Everyone else is an acquaintance. I'm not worried about one of my friends doing this to me. Then again, I only have three people I call friend

I have several good acquaintances I've known for up to 40 years. I enjoy spending time with them but I don't mix them up with my friends. This is where safety starts with me.

Best to keep security measures to ourselves. The bad guys can find us via the internet, GPS, or just stumble onto us breaking into our homes or at our cars. Makes no difference. Just have a plan & execute it!