Nancy Young wrote:
"Oren" wrote

Have you ever NOT answered your door and then observe the solicitor
twist the door knob?

A number of towns around me started implementing laws
that door to door salespeople had to register. You know those
magazine salespeople? They are recruited in the inner cities,
bussed to the suburbs and dropped off. Many of them have
criminal backgrounds. Sounds like some paranoid story I'm making
up. How much money are they making off these subscriptions to make
this scheme worthwhile?? At any rate, they can be trouble, and a
couple of years back one of them murdered an elderly lady when she
let him in for a glass of water.

I don't think it's paranoia to have sales people ... or whomever ...
register so they are on notice, the police know you're in the area.

Pity the real crims wont bother to register with the cops.

Just another terminally stupid system that only inconveniences those
who arent the problem and does nothing about those who are.

If you're that paranoid, it makes a hell of a lot more sense
to have decent secure security cameras so you can give
the cops the footage when something undesirable happens.