[dirtboy]

Luckily the gun was locked up and no one was hurt.

Luckily? A better outcome would have been for the perp to assume room temperature.

But I can see the point. The perp apparently did not get the gun.

[randita]

But if a perp DOES steal a weapon and use it to commit a crime, who do you think will receive the blame? My bet would be on the gun owner - for not securing his/her weapons well enough.

It’s only a matter of time before 1) a weapon is stolen and used to commit a crime or 2) an attempted theft results in bodily harm to either the gun owner or the thief.

[usconservative]

A better outcome would have been for the perp to assume room temperature.

Yep. Exactly right.

[Spktyr]

Normally, I’d agree. But in this case, having him still around to testify is actually better - the homeowner can now use his testimony to end up owning the Journal.