Technical Protecting from theft

thread started out asking for help with ideas to help out a neighbor with ideas on how to protect without the use of firearms - there are very few answers that work for everyone - see my answer above in post #38 - as for those that only believe firearms are the answer, think about this: family friend parents had a small Mom & Pops market that they lived behind - husband woke up to a noise in shop - grabbed his gun, saw a shadow and fired - it was his wife - she was paralyzed from waist down for the rest of her life -

 

i keep my fish hook collection right under the only ground level window in my shop

 

If that ain’t BS, nothing is. As stated before it’s the worst thing you could do.
My cars and my possessions are important to me but unless my family or friends were in jeopardy I doubt I could kill anyone.
The dumbest thing would be to brag on the internet about what I would do to someone I caught stealing. It wont be hard to find when they are contemplating bringing up charges.
Life long NRA member and avid shooter so I’m not against guns by any means.