I may end up moving to an apartment with my family the first of next year to an apartment. I lived in an apartment many years ago and it was a pretty rough complex. It was only my wife and I living there though. Now I have 3 kids under 7 and one on the way. The complex is nice places but as all apartments go there are still some iffy characters. There have been some breakins and some juvenile issues. It is in a downtown area 1 mile from the police station. I am planning on putting a broom for locking the sliding doors and installing those small door alarms on all doors and windows. I really cant think of much else. The primary defense gun will be a shotgun and I always have a pistol on me but that may be too dangerous due to over penetration. Anybody else have any other tips?