The house is completely dark. Out in the distance you think you just heard a window break, a door open, something drop in the house. You put on your glasses trying to remain quiet, you reach for the pistol in the nightstand. Your heart is racing, your breathing is shallow. You hear footsteps.
Someone is in the house.
Within seconds you hear the footsteps approaching your bedroom. Just as you raise your weapon ready to defend your family, the bedroom door bursts open from the kick of the intruder. At that precise moment, a sudden overpowering rush of terror and fear washes over you as you realize you are holding an unloaded, chained and locked pistol. I think not. Address the problem, not the symptom.