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I had to sleep with my duty weapon strapped on. It was uncomfortable. I was also on a couch in the central part of the house shielded from the road. My German Shepherd got really spoiled because we were inseparable when I wasn't at work. At the time there was a family in my area who decided it was going to be worth a fair amount of their money to see me dead. I couldn't go anywhere unarmed. For some reason they chose to blame me for their son going to prison. As if somehow I was responsible for their son stomping that guy's head in. Everything blew over after about two months when leveler heads prevailed.

These days the gun is kept in the safe place where the family is to gather in the event of a disturbance. Layers of security will buy you time but that's about all.