[Superman]

My sister and BIL recently bought a handgun. Their neighborhood has gotten bad. The BIL was home one day when someone broke the glass on the rear door as was reaching around for the deadbolt. Other homes in the neighborhood, mostly old folks, have had bold, daylight intrusions that begin with busting down a door. Pretty scarry. I'm glad they've got a gun and I've told them many times to avoid conversations with burglars. Shoot them.

I suspect that each time a burglar dies in your neighborhood there will be less burglary activity. It still just blows me away that people are bold/stupid enough to engage in this career. I am a liberal, but I was raised in a logging town where just about every home is armed. There are no burglaries in my home town. I doubt if a burglar's career could extend as far as ten homes. By that time, he'd be dead. I guess I would almost prefer to find a quieter way of being awoken/alerted to the presence of a burglar. My feeling is that they are wanting to be shot, and I would want to be there for them, in their time of need.