This story is Exhibit A of why.
The story is so short on details but ...
If she was showering when they confronted her and they shot her through a shower door then no firearm that she kept in the house would have made a difference. Just bad timing.
I don’t have a gun at my side when I choose to shower. Maybe I should!
What is your standard shower gun? lol
I’m beyond lucky in that my wife teaches other husband’s wives to carry. And she watches MMA fights with me instead of the Oxygen network.
Large dogs are great for home security and deterrence.
They can also generally live long enough during a home invasion to give you those needed 4 seconds to retrieve your firearm.
She was in the shower when they entered the home. Should we carry in the shower?
Very unusual for HI perps to just break in and start shooting. Money and/or drugs is my suspicion.
Thankfully, the kids weren’t harmed.
It's alright to be paranoid for the safety of your family, I worry less about someone assaulting me as I'm a 6'3 280lb gorrilla. But her with two kids in tow is an obvious target. Been a rash of crimes lately with scumbags targeting women early in the morning while shopping, the attacks taking place in the parking lots while women are trying to load groceries in the car. Broad daylight. Just FYI.
Everyone seems to be missing the obvious solution. We should all start taking baths with large dogs and loaded weapons within reach of the tub. Problem solved.
South Florida is becoming a suburb of Chicago!
With the economy as bad as it is, and getting worse, it is important to not wait until home invaders are busting through your doors.
In the military, it is called a “layered defense”, but the same rules apply to those who wish to live unmolested by criminals and criminal gangs.
To start with, uniformed police have some purposes, but some serious limitations, that are important to be aware of. The first of these is that there are far too few of them to be proactive—to stop crimes from happening, or catching them in progress.
On the plus side, once they are notified, they can usually respond within 15 minutes. So this is the “outside” of your timetable against crime. If you can hold out for 15 minutes, the cavalry are likely to show up. And they will take over the fight from you, once they know that you are one of the “good guys”.
The next level in the layered defense is a neighborhood watch, which just means neighbors who will pay attention, and help you out when needed. They are in the 5-10 minute timetable, once a ruckus has started. And this is very personality oriented. Conservative young people are far more likely to help out quicker than retired old hippies.
Finally, there is home defense, which have some pointed out includes burglar alarms, home defense plans, dogs, and self defense weapons for the whole family.
A GLOCK will work when wet.