Wow. That was awful.

I may be thinking sideways, here- but I'm thinking that a firearm would only be one level of security for their home. Thank god they had a nanny-cam, and thank god their 3 year old and 1.5 year old weren't hurt. The fact that he kicked his way into the home, and the fact that he was alone makes me wonder. Did he know she was home alone (or home with children)? Clearly, the NJ gun laws make things easy for the criminal element, but there was nothing that I could really see that she could have used as a weapon to defend herself. I look at my living room, and if a home invader managed to get through our safety door, I see a LOT of things that would incapacitate a criminal. She didn't try to fight back.

I understand why she made the conscious decision to simply take the beating, and I hope that justice will find that thug.

He'd better hope that the police find him first.