She Was Never Safe

He went to speak harshly to them. They could have killed him. El Cajon homeowner finds gun pointed at him during encounter

Kids making noise in a car in the middle of the street, keeping his family awake. He went to speak harshly to them.

Jamie's husband went to take a look. He saw a white car parked in the middle of the road, five boys in their late teens inside. Garrett yelled at them to leave.

“Pulled away, but then stopped in front of our driveway and parked in the middle of street. All got out, all five of them,” said Jamie.

Jamie says the five teens encircled her husband.

They did pull out a gun and shoot him, but luckily it turned out to be a BB gun.

They could have had a real gun. They could have had knives. They could have beaten him to death.

“I don’t feel safe anymore. We are a very pro-gun family … Kids shouldn't have access to these guns … I think it’s a reflection on the way our society is going. It's scary,” said Jamie.

I have bad news for Mrs. Boehs: She was never safe.

You may feel safe in your neighborhood or your home, but unless you live in a fortress, you are kidding yourself. And even a fortress can fall to the right force. You live in The Real World™ where crime can, and all too often does, happen. Statistics may be more or less on your side, but you are not protected by your zip code.