First of all since I live in a neighborhood in N.E. Houston,which has now evolved to a third world status and the fact that my home is paid for and am very near retirement age and am not leaving due to finances I have long ago fortified my home and a home invasion taking me by storm or surprise is remote at best due to burglar bars on all doors and windows,alarm stickers on all doors and windows,a no nonsense mad at anything and everything that moves into her territory Blue Heeler dog that lives in the house even as I type this and a readily available eight shot 12 gauge Winchester 1200 Defender loaded with Buckshot within easy grasp due to said fortifications giving me more than ample time to react.
On the other hand a well heeled friend of mine and non gun owner had a house built a few years ago in a "nice and safe" neighborhood and the few times I have been there I shudder at how easy it would be to just come right on in.
You know the front door is one of those with the glass stained frontage that is a second away from being broken open with even your fist so you can just basically open the latch of the deadbolt lock.
"Yea,but we have an alarm" he says.
Big deal!
And now since the never too bright thugs have realized to start hitting homes in the "nice and safe" neighborhoods he realizes now what I have said in the past that a person with bad intent standing outside is less than an eighth of an inch from being inside.
They had a home invasion two blocks from his "nice and safe" home just a month ago with the thugs stealing jewelery and a floor safe from the terrified victims who were housed in that "nice and safe" home.
Frankly I dont see things getting a lot rosier.