I don't know the details in this particular case. I googled "KX3 stolen"
and got two hits. One was stolen at Dayton...no doubt a target rich
collection of rigs to steal what with half the cars bristling with
antennas. The other was stolen in 2014, locked in the trunk of a car at
night with a radio pack full of equipment, several handguns and shooting
accessories.
I won't speculate on the details, but I'll offer two examples of my own.
My pickup was broken into. The thieves took a 15 year old scratched up
KMart AM/FM/CD, and a roll of paper towels from behind the seat. I was
parked during the week in the unguarded, unoccupied parking lot (except
for my truck) of a local wilderness park. I was gone hiking for 2-3
hours. I have to accept some responsibility for the loss of that POS
radio and half roll of towels. The real loss for me was the broken door
lock. $85 and it can be punched out again any time in seconds
unobtrusively and almost noiselessly.
Same truck. My tailgate was stolen late evening in my driveway with
bright motion detector lights functioning. Basically, I provided
adequate lighting at their job site. I have the bottom of the line F150.
Stick shift, rubber mats. And no factory tailgate lock. Two guys can
take a tailgate in about 3 minutes or less. If it has a lock, I'd give
them 5 minutes.
Lesson 1: They will steal anything. There is little risk and if they
get $5, they at least covered their gas expense.
Lesson 2: Your vehicle, I don't care what make or model, is NOT secure.
A "locked" trunk full of radios and guns is not really locked. Your
stuff is just out of sight. Police cars are broken into or stolen.
Lesson 3: Your level of security should be in proportion to the value of
the items "on offer" to thieves. There's a saying, "Never gamble more
than you are willing to lose."
Lesson 4: You are being watched. Thieves have a lot of the same high
tech stuff you have (they probably stole it though). They watch you
punching in PINs. They watch you loading your handguns into the trunk
when you leave the range. They watch you lock your radio in your trunk.
They watch you remove your antenna when you park somewhere.
Given just those few lessons (and there are so many more), it isn't that
difficult to assign some responsibility to the victim.
I hope it isn't too unsettling for us to discover there are bad people
out there willing to do bad things.
The discussion has already taken more list time than it should so any
comments, please email me.
Eric
KE6US
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