Danny - sorry about your neighbor, and I understand your fears ...

That FL gun law is ridiculous, and chas your story is so tragic, I could only WISH that it didn't happen that way ... the reverse to that is situations where if a person is on your property for the intent of burglarizing your home, and they get injured stepping into a deep hole or something, they can sue YOU for not taking care of a potentially dangerous condition ...

Our home was burglarized, and based on the circumstances and the condition of the house when we walked in, we think they were still in the house when we arrived home ...
I can tell you it is a very bad feeling when it happens ... the feeling of having been violated and the fear of it happening again ... of course the alarm system was put in the following week ... and put into the current house as it was being built ...
But alarms aren't always the answer either ... our next door neighbor has an alarm ... they were away for a while and apparently what happened was the thieves parked a service van on the street blocking the view of the telephone/electrical power box and disconnected the phone lines to the house which disabled the alarm ...

I don't think guns are the answer either ... there have been too many tragic stories about little children getting hold of the weapon and injuring or even killing themselves ...
I only wish I had the answer ...

t.

[This message has been edited by tony mads usa (edited 03-27-2010).]