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I've been debugging a communications issue with my alarm panel for the last two days, speaking with different techs each more senior than the last. I won't mention the alarm company, but it's a big well-known one that's nationwide. Today I got the most senior tech guy who described an alarm transformer I'm supposed to have plugged into an outlet in the garage according to their records. The thing is, I know my garage / shop / reloading area including every outlet, but he insisted it was there; when I told him I had checked multiple times and that the panel must be hard wired (which he said was impossible), he asked me to activate my camera so he could view each outlet in turn, assuming I'm too dumb to recognize a transformer plugged into one of only five garage wall outlets (and two overhead for openers) I have. So, I proved to him that I AM dumb by giving him access to the camera, and walking through the garage.
The thing is, I have two benches with presses on them, a pile of brass in a tray next to an annealer, a rack with Dillon toolheads mounted, some powders on a shelf, and third smaller bench for brass prep, with .30 and .50 ammo cans under them, a gun safe, and other gun related posters and tin signs (Winchester, Colt, etc.). Worse to some people now, I have a battle flag on the back wall that up until 2013 or so was flying over Raleigh, NC, but that's just my people from 160 years ago and I'm not flying it outside and BTW am not hating on anyone.
After about 3 minutes of showing him wall electrical outlets, but having to walk from one side of the garage to the other while trying to keep the camera focused on the outlets, I had the good sense to shut off the camera access when it was clear the transformer box he was looking for wasn't there. But then he wanted me to turn it back on and check every outlet in the house both upstairs and downstairs, which I declined, as I'm not going to let him see the small safe in the den, the muzzleloaders hanging on the wall upstairs, the 12 gauge behind the door next to an outlet, etc., etc.
I'm only pointing out that I think I made a mistake, and have seen people swatted or at least visited by the cops for less, but again may be being paranoid over nothing. I hope that's the case, and he's forgotten about it. Hopefully he was just a tech trying to help, but I don't trust anyone anymore, and wouldn't be surprised to learn that they look for anything they can report to the authorities, especially if the person viewing is an anti-gun, anti-self-defense, victim disarmament loon. I get reporting clearly criminal activity you might see occurring in the background in such a case, but to some people simply owning a firearm or ammo makes you a criminal. FWIW, thanks.
The thing is, I have two benches with presses on them, a pile of brass in a tray next to an annealer, a rack with Dillon toolheads mounted, some powders on a shelf, and third smaller bench for brass prep, with .30 and .50 ammo cans under them, a gun safe, and other gun related posters and tin signs (Winchester, Colt, etc.). Worse to some people now, I have a battle flag on the back wall that up until 2013 or so was flying over Raleigh, NC, but that's just my people from 160 years ago and I'm not flying it outside and BTW am not hating on anyone.
After about 3 minutes of showing him wall electrical outlets, but having to walk from one side of the garage to the other while trying to keep the camera focused on the outlets, I had the good sense to shut off the camera access when it was clear the transformer box he was looking for wasn't there. But then he wanted me to turn it back on and check every outlet in the house both upstairs and downstairs, which I declined, as I'm not going to let him see the small safe in the den, the muzzleloaders hanging on the wall upstairs, the 12 gauge behind the door next to an outlet, etc., etc.
I'm only pointing out that I think I made a mistake, and have seen people swatted or at least visited by the cops for less, but again may be being paranoid over nothing. I hope that's the case, and he's forgotten about it. Hopefully he was just a tech trying to help, but I don't trust anyone anymore, and wouldn't be surprised to learn that they look for anything they can report to the authorities, especially if the person viewing is an anti-gun, anti-self-defense, victim disarmament loon. I get reporting clearly criminal activity you might see occurring in the background in such a case, but to some people simply owning a firearm or ammo makes you a criminal. FWIW, thanks.
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