Alert Systems in Home Invasion

[Kleanbore]

The article said she was in her bed when she got hit

It seems that by the time she realized the need, she was handcuffed to a chair in the living room.

 

[dh1633pm]

Siamese cat knows the drill. More self aware than the two Labs and the German short hair. Add that to a light sleeping homeowner and we’re covered. You need something. Shame that you do.

 

[Scrapiron45]

A good example of the need for a defensive plan and not just a defensive weapon. Since the report suggests she was attacked in her sleep, likely not allowing any reaction time, her pistol was basically useless, even if it was within reach, until she had time to regain full consciousness and react to the situation.
A dog would seem to be a good addition.

 

[wayneinFL]

Right, that's why I said she went to her bedroom to get it.

By closer to hand, I mean closer to where she needed it so that she would have been able to get to it more easily during the encounter. As it was, she ended up having to drag the chair to her bedroom, retrieve the gun, then drag the chair back to where he had left her. That apparently didn't leave her any time to dial 911 which could have prevented her from lying on the floor for 10 hours with multiple gunshot wounds.

Closer to where she needed it? She needed it before her attacker got control of her.

My whole point was a gun inches from you does you no good if you don't know the intruder is coming into your house.

 

[JohnKSa]

My whole point was a gun inches from you does you no good if you don't know the intruder is coming into your house.

Correct. The attacker started out by hitting her in the head while she was asleep, so the gun that was inches from her at that point did her no good.

On the other hand, if she had been able to access a firearm in the room where she was being held, instead of having to drag a chair to the room where her gun was, and then back, that might have given her time to also call 911. Or maybe think of a better plan, like barricading herself in a room with a phone.