A SIGN OF OUR TIMES – AT 10:26 A.M. ET: Security, personal and otherwise, has become one of the major issues in this country. Consider how some people, if they have the cash, are modifying their homes and businesses. From simivalleyacorn.com:
It’s a business that requires client confidentiality, and even the most satisfied customer isn’t likely to brag about his purchase.
A safe room is a highly secure space inside a home designed to be discreet and to offer protection during a home invasion, terrorist attack or other life-threatening event. Most safe rooms include some type of communication system or closed-circuit television so those inside can contact the police.
The 2002 movie “ Panic Room” with Jodie Foster gave instant publicity to safe rooms, and a New York Times article in May reported the industry continues to grow.
Nick Paster of American Saferoom Door builds panic rooms, but he’s tight-lipped about the number of rooms installed in a year, saying only that he has “enough business to keep us busy full time.”
“We do see it fluctuate, depending on what’s going on in the world,” Paster said.
Clients reach out to him for a variety of reasons, and with the phenomenon of workplace shootings, businesses are also installing safe rooms. Security experts say it’s just good common sense to have a room inside a home where a family can hide in the event of a break-in.
Although Paster declined to say whether he’s received more inquiries since the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, safe rooms have been in higher demand since Sept. 11, 2001.
Orders can range from a $20,000 custom-built safe door to a fully equipped safe room costing several hundred thousand dollars, he said.
COMMENT: When we read a story like this we begin to understand the public's resistance to new gun-control measures. Americans want practical answers to security issues, not theoretical steps of unproved worth. And they want the means to protect themselves. Dependence on government, even the police, is not reassuring. The police cannot be everywhere.
January 1, 2016 |