Law enforcement personnel and others who require weapons for work are exempt from the measure.
I guess there will be a boom in armed security guards. Find a willing employer, or become one, and write "armed security detail as required and other general duties" into your work contract.
"neighbors believe the attacker lived there"? *Believe*? They torched the place, and they aren't sure!?
This reminds me of the time when a group of Welsh protesters burned down the house of a Paediatrician who had just moved in, thinking she was a child molester.