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October 28, 2009

By Rowe Ray The San Marcos Record Wed Oct 28, 2009, 09:57 AM CDT

A short note arrived at the offices of this newspaper earlier this week with a question concerning an editorial published last week.

It seems that now is the time to respond to that nice query from one of our readers.

The editorial said that while it is certainly a homeowner’s right to protect his dwelling with a gun, the use of a firearm should be a last resort.

The note to the Record asked what other methods were available to protect one’s abode from a home invasion.

While gathering ideas for a helpful response, some of the gun alternatives we considered included electronic alarm systems, guard dogs, improved locks on doors and windows as well as security lighting around the house.

With Tuesday’s statement from our chief of police concerning the recent rash of “home invasions” here being drug related, we have yet another important suggestion for keeping home invaders away from your door.

Don’t sell drugs out of your home.

We never thought that would be part of our response on keeping a home safe and secure, but it just had to be included.

The dopes made us do it. RHR

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