My post wasn't about the right to use a gun in defense of property.  I own a gun - if somebody broke into my house I might shoot at them.  Police reports to the press became pretty scant after Mark Mew took the helm at APD and now the press is even precluded from listening to police radio traffic.  APD has cut the public out of the loop by generally NOT communicating with the press in a timely manner and I believe that is wrong.  As I recall there was a case, within the past year, reported as a "home invasion" that involved firearms and in which the "residents" were arrested by the police a couple of weeks later.