Friday, April 24, 2009

Is your house safe from Bumping?

It is happening everyday across the country. People come home from a hard day of work or from vacation and they found that their house has been cleaned out with no sign of break in. What happen? In a word, Bumping.

The reality of the situation is that anyone who is inclined to steal from you now can learn everything they need to know to make and use a bump key on the Internet. If you have the standard store bought locks on your house then your lock is highly susceptible to bumping.

There are many low and medium cost solutions that can prevent you and your house from being the next bump key victim. The most effective solution is to get bump and pick resistant locks put on your house. These locks have special key ways that the average thief won't carry or can't even get at a hardware store. They also make it very difficult to bump if they happen to have the right key way. When your house takes longer to break in the would be thief will move on to an easier target.

To learn more about your options please call a reputable locksmith that can cover all the options with you. Of course you can call Pop-A-Lock and have a highly trained Technician review your home and make the best recommendation to solve your security concerns.

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