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Well, if someone is banging on my door at 1:30am, and the kids are home, and I’m not expecting anyone, there’s a pretty good indication it’s nefarious.

I have motion floodlights that illuminate my porch, front-lighting anyone standing at the door. I can seem though the small window of the steel front door.

Also, there’s an external storm door that’s kept locked; that way, no one can open it and have an immediate way to push open the inner door or mess with the locks.

Since this is PA, I carry everywhere I go - and I do mean everywhere, without exception. When my wife is home alone, there is a .38 Smith snubbie on top of the fridge (foyer to the front door is right alongside the kitchen; from the foyer, you can reach right onto the fridge.

Both of my kids (23 and 20) shoot Expert; being an Instructor myself, I’ve taught them handgun and rifle work since they were little. If they’re home by themselves, they’re both extremely competent with handguns.

It’s just common sense to have a handgun with you. The country has changed so much, the dynamics between people and demographic groups are now more hostile than ever, and above all else - you have an absolute RIGHT to be left alone, unmolested, and safe to live out your life to it’s natural conclusion as much as possible. And you have an absolute right - Civil, Human, and Constitutional - to defend that life that God gave you.

Everyone is responsible for the choices they make in their own lives; if some thug decides “Today’s the DAY!” and winds up getting killed, it’s his own fault.

If you leave people alone, you don’t get hurt. It’s a real simple equation.

We as a country used to understand that. Most Americans still do. Subcultures, however, seem to have difficulty with that simple, basic concept.