[Mr. Quarterpanel]

He had obtained the firearms from his home. They had been secured in the house, but Padgett “defeated the security measures,’’ the police chief said

I saw that.

I still don't know what that means. Secured how? He picked the lock of a gun cabinet? He torched through the safe door? Looked under the bed? He opened a closet and "There it was"?

[Q-ManRN]

Stealing is still a criminal act folks! We do not blame people whose cars are stolen and then used as a getaway vehicle in a crime even if they left the car doors unlocked. We might say the car owner should have been more careful, but we do not say that the car owner is responsible for a crime. You are on a slippery slope obsessing about how they stored their firearms.

Mr. Quarterpanel wrote:
He had obtained the firearms from his home. They had been secured in the house, but Padgett “defeated the security measures,’’ the police chief said

I saw that.

I still don’t know what that means. Secured how? He picked the lock of a gun cabinet? He torched through the safe door? Looked under the bed? He opened a closet and “There it was”?