According to the article burglars entered a home listed in the article and tried to break into the gun safe which was badly damaged. This happened shortly after the article was published.
Possible lawsuit in the works.....
I saw John Lott recently on CSpan allege that when these types of records are published, there is an INCREASE of burglaries of homes NOT listed.
Form the way he made that statement, I expect he is on his way to publishing data supporting the assertion.
Not disagreeing with your story, just saying that John Lott thinks that generally it works just the other way.