Sean Taylor
NFL player Sean Taylor was shot and killed in his home yesterday. My sincere sympathy goes out to his family and teammates. I’m sorry for ranting instead of mourning, but my gut reaction to this kind of news is anger. I hope they find the slob who did this and charge him with aggravated murder. Here’s the story:
What you might not know is its part of a growing trend. The rich are being targeted for home invasions for a variety of reasons. Here’s the story:
OK, here’s the deal. It’s getting harder to hold up liquor stores and gas stations. There are video cameras, and a lot of folks behind the counter have guns (oops, they don’t really mention that). Yeah, go into many stores these days with felonious intentions and you might get shot.
The bad guys seem to be targeting folks who are unlikely to have guns themselves. Warren Buffet is in favor of gun control, and puts his considerable wealth and good name toward anti-gun politics. I suspect the other limousine liberals in the story share similar views.
Sean Taylor kept a machete in his house likely because he couldn’t legally own a gun anymore. He’d been in trouble for brandishing a gun in the past. He was home with his machete because his home was burglarized about a week prior to this incident. Tip; never bring a knife to a gun fight.
If there isn’t a gun in the home, it’s safer to break in when someone is HOME than away. There is no chance that someone will come in and foil your burglary if you instead pull a home invasion. (That’s why you are more likely to be a victim of home invasion in the UK than a burglary.)
Plus these well-to-do folks aren’t calling the cops, making them an even better target. They don’t want the publicity, and they don’t want other bad guys thinking they can get away with it.
In addition, it’s much easier to find and get into a safe if the bad guys threaten the occupants of the house.
I’m guessing that Shapleigh Maine is unlikely to have a rash of home invasions any time soon. First, I don’t think my neighbors are the types to keep cash and expensive jewelry in their homes. Second, there’s a near 100% chance someone is going to point a gun in your face and drop the hammer.
I’m hearing a lot of reaction surprise that folks in “gated communities” are not safe. I don’t know what a gated community does for you, except give a false sense of security. I’d imagine it means there is a fence around a bunch of McMansions with an unarmed or maybe even armed guard checking cars to see if they have permission to pass. They might even have a rent-a-cop driving around in a Geo Metro.
Once the near minimum wage employee in the car falls asleep and the bad guys figure out the weak spot in the fencing system, it’s really no protection at all.
I suspect that Warren Buffet has armed guards protecting his family tonight. That’s good for him. If I had his kind of money, I’d have professionals too. Actually, I’d have former secret service guys if I had Buffet’s money.
I also suspect he doesn’t think I should have a handgun in my house or on my person for MY protection. If I have to have a gun, it needs to be so loaded with “safety” features the cost is out-of-reach of working poor Americans, and stored in a manner so as to render it useless in a home invasion.
Never mind that improperly “stored” TV’s accidentally kill about as many children in this country each year as those who are accidentally shot to death. Ditto for the number who drown in buckets or toilets.
Armed self defense is a right of each American. A responsibility, even. Because if you prevent crime by making yourself a very bad target, you do not only yourself a favor, but society at large.
One last thing: I heard one of Taylor’s teammates blame “the unemployment rate” for the reason folks commit murderous robberies. The unemployment rate has been BELOW what we learned in college was the absolute minimum for over ten years. It’s been below 5% since (I’ll admit it) the Clinton Administration. These folks commit crime because they think it’s easier than working. The root cause of crime is criminals.
AMEN!
Rant on!
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Confirmed. Sean Taylor was on probation and could not legally own a gun. This was widely known to the public. Considering how much he had to loose NFL wise for violating his probation, he was likely on the straight and narrow path. Still, I wish his baby's momma had a shotgun in the house and Sean might be facing a trial by twelve, instead of being carried by six.
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