US robbers target Indian homes for gold

[sishya]

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I personally know a middle class Indian family who buy 1 oz of Gold for each of their children's birthday every year. The children are now around 18 yrs old.

I started hearing of this burglaries in India homes in USA since a year and I started asking many to keep their jewellery in Bank locker. My wife's 1.5 oz 22 carat gold chain was robbed 3 years ago in chicago train in broad daylight - snatch/break and run. My wife from then stopped taking train and started to learned to drive to her Hospital, which was just 6 miles away. Our Homeowners insurance covered it. Actually I got paid thrice what I paid for but my wife did not like the experience of loosing our personal marriage chain.

For centuries foreign invaders(Persians, Afghans, Mughals, English) were attracted to the vast amount of Gold held among population India. The love of Gold by Indians have also been their curse.

[globaleconomicollaps]

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I knew of a person's home that recently burned down because of "vandalism" in which said home had an additional 100k coverage for antique valuables.

House was worth less than build cost(presumably $100/sq.foot).

One year later, no house was rebuilt, land was sold off by owner on an "arms-length" transaction.

My calculations, probably a 200k swing here not including realtor fees.

Just saw a failing restaurant conveniently burn down(3:00 AM on a Monday) before I left the states in April. Fire Marshall had deemed it arson through vandalism.

Get a clue.

The preferred crime of the well-to-do is arson not strong arm robbery. Insurance fraud and drug dealing will pay far more than burglary.

This is all beside the point however. We are now witnessing for the first time in American history the rise of organized crime on a mass scale. Far beyond anything envisioned by Al Capone or the Medellin cartel, the criminals operate brazenly and in numbers throughout the south-west and other areas of the states:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...781,full.story

The real story is the lack of government action in light of the literally HUNDREDS of kidnappings happening on US soil, and the monstrous murders of police and government officials in Mexico. The situation has gotten so out of control that in some areas of Mexico the police no longer attempt to enforce the law. Mexico is routinely described as a "Failed State" in the popular press, and the criminal gangs that now roam freely, move easily across boarders. Michael C. Ruppert alleges that the CIA and other US federal agencies are behind much of this new organized crime wave:
http://www.wbpnet.org/Research%20Lib...ousesenate.pdf

[Quincy K]

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That's me clueless. The article was about home invasions not arson. Which even though I am clueless, I have heard of arson before. I would imagine incidents of arson rise during bad economic times. I'm not sure because I am clueless.:rolleyes:

Sorry, I didn't mean to come off so blunt. My contention is that "white-collar" theft will be going up in the near future. It is far easier for an educated man to steal with a pen rather than a gun.

[cjppjc]

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Sorry, I didn't mean to come off so blunt. My contention is that "white-collar" theft will be going up in the near future. It is far easier for an educated man to steal with a pen rather than a gun.

Okay, that makes more sense.

[jtabeb]

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I knew of a person's home that recently burned down because of "vandalism" in which said home had an additional 100k coverage for antique valuables.

House was worth less than build cost(presumably $100/sq.foot).

One year later, no house was rebuilt, land was sold off by owner on an "arms-length" transaction.

My calculations, probably a 200k swing here not including realtor fees.

Just saw a failing restaurant conveniently burn down(3:00 AM on a Monday) before I left the states in April. Fire Marshall had deemed it arson through vandalism.

Get a clue.

Agreed, or get real.

[metalman]

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bad plan... no guns no gold.

worse plan... gold but no guns. :cool:

don't see any indian folks at the local gun club.

note to indian folks in the usa... here in our stupid county we glorify guns... machines for killing. it's childish & grotesque but it's a fact. they are everywhere. it's crazy.

the tv fantasy of the ave. suburban gun owner...

bad guy breaks into your home.

you shoot a neat little hole into his chest and he faints like a girl.

the ambulance shows up to take him away. you never hear from him again.

you saved the wife & kiddies. a hero!

the end.

but...



most gun owners never even punched a guy and watch him bleed never mind put a hole in his body. unless you plug the guy in the head or heart, you have to deal with him...



"better him than me" you say. duh. better no one than you or him.

robbers will avoid a home if they think a gun might be in there unless they are crazed drug addicts who don't care. if you get a gun make sure the neighbors know. word gets out.