The gun is not alone in the defense of the home. I think of the story in the Book of Mormon, which is a book of scripture in my religion, and of how it says the Nephites built fortresses to defend against their enemies, the Lamanites.
More than a gun can protect a home, more than an attack dog.
If the criminal cannot get in, he cannot harm -- short of burning or blowing up your home. I wonder at security systems, and how they are made to detect intruders, and how they could be made to detect any movement after, say, midnight. The security system could awake and notify you in your bed, and knowing that that was not you or your family, you could call the police that instance without going downstairs to investigate.
But, more than that. I think of making the house impenetrable, doors that automatically shut and deadbolt behind you every time you enter -- if you want to go that far -- much like a car that locks automatically when you turn the ignition key. I wonder at bullet proof windows. I wonder at windowless homes, or strong panels that retract over the windows.
However safe and secure you want to be, then be.
Many people procure guns just to protect them in their homes. They do it in the name of protecting their families, which is a good cause. It is said there are 3.7 million home burglaries in a year. Of that number, someone is home and suffers violence seven percent of the time.
I have never heard of a frenzy to safeguard a home this way. I wonder why. Our families are so important that many of us rush to buy guns to protect them, but yet I have never heard of one person so concerned about the protection of his or her family that they make their home impenetrable like this.
Why not?
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