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TheBrit wrote:Looks like one of the scumbags is in custody:

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Excaliber wrote:

Tregs wrote:I saw it on fox last night. The last line of the news story stated that he now sleeps with 2 shotguns and a pistol by his bed. The camera showed a holstered semi-auto on the night stand and a hunting shotgun next to it. I guess the other scatter gun was on his wife's side of the bed. It sounds like he's ready for the next time.

Every time I hear a story like this, I wonder if i can get my firearm into action quickly enough. Once you hear someone coming in the door, there's a lot of thinking that has to take place before you begin busting caps. If the firearm isn't directly beside the bed, I don't know if it's useful. I have teenagers so leaving a loaded firearm beside the bed isn't an option since we always have a house full of kids.....ours and a bunch of others. Some we know very well, some we meet for the first time. I can't carry at work so getting in the habit of unholstering to the nightstand and vice-versa in the morning isn't practical.

I know others on the forum are at the same stage in life and some have gone through it. What do you do/did you do? (I'm new to the forum so my apologies if this topic has been discussed at nauseum).

The first step should be to securely lock the door so it takes some time (even a few seconds) and noise (to alert the occupants) to penetrate.

A gun safe that doesn't require a key and has a code mechanism that can be operated in the dark by feel (e.g. Gunvault) may be a viable solution in your situation. It has to be securely mounted to something that's not easily moved to prevent someone from walking away with the safe with the gun inside.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

joe817 wrote:I saw that on Channel 5 last night and it just mademe sick. I hope they catch those creeps and throw the book at them.

I also hope that an organization will replace that dog for the guy. Not that the dog can EVER be replaced in that man's eyes, but he relied heavily upon that dog.

Such a shame. Such a waste.

I hope they go down in a hail of gunfire. Why should we pay for their upkeep in prison for the next 3-5 years? They're not going to get life or the death penalty if caught. Anybody who would do this once, will do it again just as soon as they get released. That dog was a better man than those perps.