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[u/Timbucktwo1230]

[u/PurpleCoat6656]

So, nowhere is safe. Neat.

[u/Lone-Frequency → u/PurpleCoat6656]

Was it just me or did they jump-cut the part with the deadbolt and just skip right to the handle lock?

[u/ContentPineapple8817 → u/Lone-Frequency]

Yeah, this can’t work on a deadbolt

[u/Lone-Frequency → u/ContentPineapple8817]

Typical disingenuous garbage on the internet...

[u/Embarrassed-House577 → u/PurpleCoat6656]

[u/PurpleCoat6656 → u/Embarrassed-House577]

Will everyone stop getting shot!

[u/DeadAndBuried23 → u/PurpleCoat6656]

Nothing designed to be opened is immune to being opened without the lock or from the outside.

Think of it more like nowhere is totally unsafe. Help can always get to you.

[u/Veshaad]

I used to be a utility worker and would have to access people's back yards to get to the point of service. This works on almost everyone's gate as well, I've implemented it many times. Please note, if you want to secure your yard use a physical lock on your gate. PS for dog owners, most of your pooches (not all) aren't as fierce as you think and usually just want to play or will completely switch sides when offered a treat.

[u/PerfectCelebration73 → u/[deleted]]

Just get a $5 rubber door jam.... They wont get in lol

[u/RaventheClawww → u/PerfectCelebration73]

They also have door jams that make a piercing shriek when you open the door and activate them. So it’ll at least scare the bejeezus out of someone trying to break in, or at least draw attention to them

[u/imnojezus]

Firefighters would use a cutoff saw and pop through that door in about 4 seconds.

[u/MetaCardboard]

We used to do something like this with our planners in high school to get into the classrooms during lunch when the teachers weren't there.

[u/Two-Black-Labs]

It can’t open a deadbolt

[u/Free-Luck6173 → u/Two-Black-Labs]

That's what the Halligan is for

[u/False_Appointment_24]

I'f I'm a firefighter looking to get in to fight a fire, I think a boot is quicker. Maybe an axe. Not a sheet of plastic that I have to undo the locks.

[u/Curri → u/False_Appointment_24]

Firefighter here.

Most of the time we just use the keys that'll open the door. Using a boot is very inefficient and causes injury. If there is active fire/smoke, then I'll use a halligan.

This sheet of plastic is actually very useful and we do use it.

[u/Curri → u/[deleted]]

I've used this tool as often as a halligan to open a locked door.

[u/FeralPsychonaut → u/[deleted]]

Reading comprehension bud.

He said if its an active fire he uses a halligan.

Next comment says he's used then about equally.

Firefighters respond to more than just active fires.

[u/False_Appointment_24 → u/FeralPsychonaut]

Oh, the person who started it off by ignoring that I specified during an active fire? You're calling me out for reading comprehension?

Sure.

[u/FeralPsychonaut → u/False_Appointment_24]

He made a separate statement and then agreed with you in his second one. Nice try though.

[u/Curri → u/[deleted]]

No one said that they would use this for a fire.

Also I am indeed a firefighter; used this tool (or ones like it) dozens of times. A halligan if there is no active fire? About 5.

And I forgot a letter in the first reply (spelled it correctly the second time), wooooo...

[u/Curri → u/[deleted]]

I really don't care if you believe me or not; I just know that you have no idea what you're talking about.

[u/Curri → u/[deleted]]

I spent more hours training on through-the-lock scenarios with this plastic tool (and others like it) than you have scrolling on reddit. You were so desperate to attack that you stooped to a typo. That's how you know you have no argument.

[u/PoursTea-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Please comment only regarding the topic under discussion.

[u/Useful_Lemon_ → u/False_Appointment_24]

I would use a halligan if anything

[u/Huntingassclowns]

What a load of crap. A well installed deep bolt latch with a long throw will laugh at this whooey

[u/Akkilles78]

A whole new rash of thefts about to start because of that.

[u/Koranis → u/Akkilles78]

Nah, basically thrives are just going to kick a door down.

High end thieves will pick a lock.

Hotels have never been secure.

[u/Veshaad → u/Akkilles78]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l2Z84eFooeHJu

[u/safe_bison_8339]

Can you cut it with scissors

[u/IceeSlyce]

Can we please not show ppl how to break into my place, thanks.

[u/brutalbuddha73]

Fire fighters use an axe.

[u/Curri → u/brutalbuddha73]

Firefighter here.

Most of the time we do not.

[u/brutalbuddha73 → u/Curri]

How often do you use that tool when a house is on fire?

[u/Curri → u/brutalbuddha73]

For a fire? Not often. I use a halligan.

Also most of the time if we need to force entry we just use the building's keys given to us. This piece of plastic is very useful if we don't have that.

[u/brutalbuddha73 → u/Curri]

So you aren't using that plastic lock pick regularly then?

[u/Curri → u/brutalbuddha73]

As often as an axe.

[u/brutalbuddha73 → u/Curri]

So it's not a common tool. Forgot about the halifan (souped up crowbar).

[u/Curri → u/brutalbuddha73]

It's a common tool for "through-the-door" forcible entry. That way we don't destroy the locking mechanisms.

[u/brutalbuddha73 → u/Curri]

You'd use that during an active housefire?

[u/Curri → u/brutalbuddha73]

No, but I encounter a locked door for other types of calls far more often. Medical, fire alarms (with no signs of fire), assisting citizens who are locked out of their house, etc.

[u/toadjr]

Thanks for showing us we are not safe.