San Diego Self-Defense Case Undermines Safe Storage Effort

By Tom Knighton

The idea behind safe storage laws makes sense to those who are unfamiliar with what goes into using a gun for home defense. Those who spend little time pondering just what they would do if a window would break in the middle of the night also spend little time thinking about how to deal with it. In their mind, you’d have plenty of time to unlock a safe to retrieve a firearm.

It doesn’t work that way.

Further, not everyone in the family would have the combination or key. That means only those who have the knowledge or tools needed to unlock the safe could unlock it.

Earlier this week, I wrote about an effort in San Diego to enact a safe storage law there. It’s one of the dozens that have been considered in California alone.

However, had it been in place, this story would have gone a little differently.

A burglar who attacked and stabbed a Lake Murray man today during an early-morning confrontation in the victim’s house was fatally shot moments later by the wounded homeowner’s adult son, according to San Diego police.

This particular case is leading people to question the logic of the San Diego …Read the Rest

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