Wife and I came home from a night out for an anniversary. House was upside down to include mattresses and box springs, all drawers emptied on beds, everything mobile for someone on foot with 2 hands gone if it was worth anything. My range bag, vcr, videocam, her jewelry that wasn't secured and stuff like that.
I had left my Detonics under my pillow and when they flipped the bed it was concealed up against the wall.
Her PPK was gone with magazines.
I never left home without it again. Never allow anything that can be used against you to be unsecured.
Made us believers and we started thinking about moving outta' Dallas that year.
Highest murder rate ever that year, over 400 I think.
So...you'd think, well that'll never happen again.
30 days later, wife comes home about 19:00, front door is kicked off the frame.
Hears the back door close as she's nearing the porch.
She exits
with the baby and goes to her parents, calls me at work.
Same exact thing. We had just replaced all the electronics but guns and ammo were secured, jewelry in SD box.
Moved to Colorado Springs 4 months later.
Not only can it happen, it can happen more than once. Don't leave stuff unsecured that you can't afford to lose, or
used against you.