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Posted on May 28, 2010 at 10:38 PM
Updated yesterday at 10:38 PM
BURIEN, Wash. - Fed up with burglars in their neighborhood, Burien residents decide to get creative. They posted signs throughout their neighborhood warning people to get out their guns.
It's happening in south Burien, near SW 160th Street and 12th Avenue SW. Pass through this part of town and you'll see posted neon colored signs, warning residents of burglars.
"We were seeing an increase in breakins and we wanted to make sure people were aware of what's happening," says John Lee.
Stacie Lee came up with the phrase for the sign "Get out your guns if you see any suspicious activity." She even wrote it in Spanish.
"I don't want to run into somebody walking into our backdoor and that scares me," she says.
It was meant to send a strong message to neighbors, and to the burglars too: Some homeowners who have guns are prepared to use them.
"If I'm in my home with my wife and my dogs, I will protect my wife and my family," says John Lee.
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