An unexpected knock at the door resulted in the seemingly pointless murder of the woman who answered.
The wife answered the door.
The husband told investigators he then heard three or four shots, Irving said.
The husband said he found his wife bleeding in the foyer, Irving said.
Nice neighborhood, no reason, no theft, just simple murder.
Why?
Just like JR's family, we do not usually get unexpected visitors. When a playful relative visited recently, my girlfriend found the peep-hole to be blocked. When she asked the unknown visitor to unblock the peep-hole, they responded playfully that she should just open the door to find out. She did not. She reiterated more forcefully that the peep-hole be unblocked, and the playfully alarming relative relented.
It's really difficult to believe this kind of random act of violence is something we should have to prepare for, but this is the world we live in.
It's really easy to be taking that extra step of safety, and reasoning with yourself; "Don't be so paranoid! It's probably just someone messing around." I know this, because I've done it many times before. I will strive to correct that fault.
My heart goes out to this poor soul, and to JR, may both our guns remain ready, and undrawn.
3 comments:
It is a sad comment that a simple knock on the door causes an adrenlin surge and mental preperation for potential violence.
wow - I'm not an American, and its weird reading these endless stories and fantasies full of fear & terror - and all that will save you is GUNS!! I don't know anyone with a gun, and this weird fear filled gun culture of America is very strange from an outside perspective. Most of the writers of this stuff seem to be middle class people class people in safe neighbourhoods (can you ever be safe without GUNS !! I can hear you say...). So scaredy scaredy scaredy Americans.... harmless & sad but then hunting the world for BAD PEOPLE to kill.... such as muslims and anyone that doesn't like Israel. So many millions dead so that Americans can't their terror & cowardice.
Shane, my response is here;
http://tinyurl.com/2754fc
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