I recently asked my girlfriend if she thought it was acceptable to have a gun in the home. While we don't live together I think that it is a very important question for everyone to answer. How many murders have happened because a burglar broke into a house and wasn't expecting anyone to be home and panicked? Fortunately, the NH legislature is looking to make this punishable by death.
I think that every person should have some means of defense in their home. From knives to baseball bats to guns, each person should have a reasonable weapon with which they can protect themselves and their family from invasion.
If burglars knew that going into a home could very reasonably end in injury or death, I would expect there to be fewer break-ins. And that would help me sleep better at night.
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Well said.
ReplyDeleteThe New Hampshire Senate voted to kill the bill for this legislative session, stating that changes in the death penalty statutes need more time for study.
ReplyDeleteBeing unfamiliar with the case that brought about the bill, I was astonished to learn that the case at hand was two teenagers who broke into a house at night and killed a woman and and attacked her 11-year-old child with machetes.
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=4c050650-f6f8-4d51-aa2c-e93835382ead&headline=Senate+kills+bill+to+extend+death+penalty+to+home+invasion+cases