[Fiji Hill]

In 2007, two men broke into the home of the Petit family in Cheshire, Conn. They severely beat the father, raped his wife and two daughters, then strangled the wife and set the house on fire, leaving the children, who had been tied to a bed, to burn to death.

In Texas, Arizona, or some other state without such strict gun laws, the criminals might have thought twice about pulling off a home invasion, since the inhabitants of the home would have been more likely to be armed. And if they had gone ahead and done it, they would have been shot.

[Ray76]

And those animals are still on death row, well past their scheduled execution.