Yet Another Idea Whose Time Has Come

I was just reading one of the thousands of Home Invasion/Burglary police reports I've read over the years, and had another (in what is certainly an unprecedentedly consistent string) of my world changing ideas. Keep a black ski mask on your nightstand. If someone breaks into your home, throw it on and prowl around like you're a burglar, too. After a laugh and a hug, he'll leave, because you had first dibs.