Unfortunately, I don't think that anything could have saved these people if the boyfriend/husband living in the house could physically block access to a person's means of self defense.
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When you read the thousands of stories where firearms were used as a defense tool, the stories will amaze the reader.
Most non firearm educated souls do you know how difficult it is to kill a person, if the attacker does not hit a vital spot.
Many children before gun locks have saved their parents, or siblings, or scared off bad guys with guns.
This beating when on for at lease 20 minutes trapped in her bedroom. Picture yourself in your bedroom with a gun in the nightstand. Do you think you could con your way to the nightstand. I bet you will bet your life you could.
Firearms are not an absolute 100% defense, but given the choice between a phone, 911, and a gun, tens of thousands perhaps millions of Americans and perhaps hundred of millions of souls on this earth would choose a firearm as a self defense tool. This concept "have a fireearm for self defense when attacked" by millions of souls on this planet destroys the myth of anti gun lover everywhere.
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Yes, if one of the older children had at least been taught the basics of gun safety and usage, they might have been able to defend their mother. But then again, as the adult in the house, I have control over the guns and they are not easily accessable to the kids. This was a bad situation where the real answer was for the woman to have made a better choice of men.