We all know this could happen to any one of us. These criminals don’t care who they pick; their delusion simply impels them to seek out a reviled name and face on a map in their community.

For this reason alone, each one of us should be prepared for that day, should it come. Here are my recommendations:

-Invest in a Ring (or similar) doorbell camera at a minimum and don’t physically answer the door for anyone you don’t know or weren’t expecting. You can conduct the same business by remote two way communication with the device as you could at the door. Call police or enact a safety plan should the encounter turn bad.

-Keep all of your doors locked at all times, period.

-When outside of your home, maintain a level of situational awareness so you don’t get surprised. The more time you have in advance of an impending attack, the better your chances are of surviving it.

-Have an emergency family plan discussed with other household members as to what each should do should there be a home invasion. Look for ways to maximize your defensive advantages in such a plan. There are plenty of online resources to help you in this regard.

-Purchase the most lethal tools legally permissible in your state and for your situation to increase your defensive advantage, should you have to defend your life or that of a loved one. Even a good, long range spray bottle with bleach or other caustic substance can disable an attacker enough to turn the tide of a fight. Maybe our advocacy groups can publish a matrix of states and what defensive options are available in each. This might even have a deterrent affect. Any of these criminals who follow our public advocacy web sites will then know we are not simply the clay pigeons they think we are.

-Along this line, perhaps our advocacy web sites should also have a “members only” section for verified parties of our cause where we can more openly talk about matters to help us help each other more. We give away our play book too much I think sometimes.

-If a fight comes to you, despite your attempts to live in peace with your community, show no mercy to the one or ones who seek to take your life and fight with everything you have. Don’t go like a sheep to the slaughter.

-If you are unwilling to do the above because of the impact it would make to your quality of life, vote with your feet and move to a place where the registry can’t make you a target (i.e. a place where you are not on a registry).

This appears to be in Indiana and not in Florida. Either way it is wrong. I’m just not sure if felons can regain the right to vote in Indiana. I know in Illinois they can’t. What will it take for politicians to not be so scared to stand up to each other to change these laws?

Not to worry, no murder of a registrant has been pled down to cruelty to animals.

This IS a media report.

Unfortunately, DeSantis is in politics for any personal benefits he can gain. He couldn’t care less about a person he knows can’t vote. He’s not about to take a stand on what is right…correct!

If it’s not racially motivated, the media doesn’t like to report on it.

The man will probably be hailed as a hero and someone will make a ‘go fund me’ site to help pay for his attorney just like many people regard vigilantes that kill people with sex offenses heroes.