[marktwain]

I think survellance cameras are going to become a standard item for homes.

[who knows what evil?]

Homeowner needs to spend some more time at the range...

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Here ya go.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183682/posts

[Lucky Dog]

There is more to this story than was in the news broadcast.

Dedicated, home-invasion thieves usually plan to steal when no one is home and when they cannot be easily identified after the fact (i.e., after dark). They also customarily have the means of hauling off whatever they have stolen, e.g., a truck or van vice a sedan....

Four individuals show up in broad daylight with some pretty heavy firepower. A hand full of rifle (AR-15 or M-16) leaves only one hand for hauling off loot.

How many suburban homes have surveillance cameras? How many home owners keep a firearm "convenient" to the front door?

How about some other questions: Isn't Tucson relatively close to the border? Don't lots of drugs come across that border? On the Mexican side of the border weren't there 6,000 drug related murders last year?

In an intuitive "leap into the unknown," I'll wager that drugs were involved in this situation. If that is, in deed, the case, the question now becomes how? Gang warfare or hired "hits" look more reasonable as a motivation in this case than simple "home invasion." However, the obvious question is why was this particular home selected and why was the home owner so apparently well prepared?