This has pretty much solidified my decision to get armed. My wife and family are the most precious things in the world to me and all too often I see something like this in our local major papers:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/10/Florida.couple.killed/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/10/Florida.couple.killed/index.html