Protecting your family and house

Where No One Locks The Door

By Doug Patton
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Imagine you are a child growing up in a small town. You have always felt safe there. The crimes of big cities seem distant from your serene world, where no one ever locks the door.

Then one night your next-door neighbors are murdered in their home, which is burned to the ground. Drawings of the suspects are printed in the newspaper. The sheriff says they speak a foreign language. No one in your town looks or sounds like that.

Your parents gather the family together for a reassuring pep talk. “The men who did this will be brought to justice,â€