Reply #26: On the other hand..

[sendero]

... let's say you are awakened by the sound of someone breaking a door or glass to get into your house.

What are you supposed to do, huddle like a baby and hope he doesn't come to your bedroom or the bedrooms of your kids.

Anyone breaking into a house at night deserves a bullet between the eyes. You can feel free to sacrifice yourself and your kids to the next armed punk looking for some quick cash, I think I'll do otherwise.

In the state of Texas, anyone entering you house without your permission is subject to lethal power. We don't have a big problem with innocent people getting killed.

There is also a Concealed Handgun License, and by all accounts it has REDUCED crime and there have been few if any questionable incidents.

When you folks talk about the police protecting you, I laugh in your face. The police's job is not to protect you, it is to find the guilty after the fact. If you think the police can protect you from anything you must think they are Superman. They are not, they are just the folks who will come after the fact and clean up the mess. Whether it be you, or some asshole breaking into your house.