oceanblueeyes
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It was not night. No one was sleeping anywhere. The step-mother was not home. The father was killed inside the house. The boarder who was on his cell with his wife was summoned by the boy yelling for him to come inside the house. When he did, he was also killed.
There is no law in AZ that requires a gun be kept locked. IMO there should be one.
Absolutely true. I would imagine the stepmother was at work when this happened.
I believe the reason that there is no law requiring that guns must be locked up as many citizens have complained if their weapons are locked up and they should need them for protection in case of a criminal trying to invade their homes to harm or even murder them then they would not be able to access their guns in time to prevent being harmed or killed.
I can understand that. If an intruder came into my home in the middle of the night and I had to sneak myself to another room, remember where the keys were or remember the combination to the lock at such a volatile time, my weapon would remain useless locked away leaving me and my family at the mercy of the criminal.
This happened to me about 20 years ago when my brother got up real early to go to work, who was living with us and found an intruder hiding in our home. I was so thankful that he thought fast and there was nothing restricting him from getting the shotgun out of the cabinet and loading it. He was able to do so and stopped the intruder in his tracks while I was in the back bedroom calling 911 to come ASAP! He had never pointed a weapon at another human being before and it was quite traumatic for all of us because my young son was also in the house with us. My husband had already left for work.
But I am glad that it turned out in our favor instead of the criminal's favor.
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