1. Intruders seeking to steal property can take a strong gate lock off with a dead bolt cutters in less than 30 seconds and do seize the coveted property in minutes.

2. Experienced individuals can remove a gate lock using lock-picking tools in about 5-10 minutes.

3. Thieves look for the easiest opportunity available to them. Installing a simple security device which makes their job more difficult is often enough to convince them to move on to a different target.

4. In many rural areas and in many urban neighborhoods and industrial areas, the communities become ghost towns at night. There are not enough people present to notice crime or call police!

5. Even when police are called, response times are slow. In rural areas, it sometimes takes up to three hours for police to respond to a report of property break-in.