i like your comparison to the two events. while the first one obviously supports the cause for every home to have a gun, the second one shows what can happen in a split second if proper precautions are not taken. kudos to you LOM for keeping them safely locked away. But then this begs to be answered... if they are locked away how accessible are they for that moment when someone is trying to break in? seems to defeat the purpose.
I still can't get over all this home invasion stuff I am hearing coming from the usa. We hardly hear of 1 home invasion a year in Vancouver here, and we are the second largest city in Canada, and have the absolute poorest neighborhood in Canada with the Downtown eastside; but it is still relatively safe to walk the streets , even at night.
Don't know how you guys got to where you are now, but I do feel for you and hope things do get better. We can only hope. Good post lom. We hear of these things all the time coming from the american news channels we get here. Still boggles my mind though.