But serious drug-driven crime has occurred to people close to me, including family members. In one instance an elderly woman and her three grandchildren were murdered, in her home in broad daylight, shot in the head with a .25-06 rifle by a deranged addict who had somehow concluded they were the enemy.
And friends of mine--people with nice, isolated homes and valuable possessions--have in fact fallen victim to home invaders who spent considerable time (days, in one instance) locating, selecting and removing (or destroying) said possessions.
If you are just that smugly reassured by your local newspaper and your own highly tuned security acumen, I am happy for you.
You might want to save your counsel and your insolence for those who haven't experienced otherwise.
You can rest assured my “smug insolence” is secure in that your sketchy anecdotes seem to be only marginally related to the circumstances we originally considered.
I too, could paint lurid pictures, having once lived with a roommate when he was arrested and convicted for a grizzly shotgun murder. That doesn’t mean I confuse the possible with the probable to the point I risk being labeled a “mall ninja.”
Suffice to say, nothing can replace being armed with both a weapon, and the will to use it, when ones personal S hits T F.