Yeah, I agree.  Better to show your power level to criminals with well designed landscaping, lighting, and a combination of overt and covert cameras (which the Fed's use routinely).  They'll get the point. The guy with a house and yard that is repellant to petty criminals is one very likely to meet you on the staircase with a tactical shotgun.  Learn from Hezekiah.  If you don't know what that means, read your Bible.