Opening statements in the 2008 murder of 21 year old Denise Lee (daughter of a police detective) began yesterday, this victim was kidnapped, raped and killed while officials cite "cellular telephone routing problems" exacerbated the situation.

What happens when you have been kidnapped, the police have been alerted by another driver (of your location) and that you are pleading for your life screaming for help, yet you 'cannot be located'? Perhaps these descriptive directions will help to locate you: “Well, I'm on 41 going south, and I'm gonna do a cross street right now. It's at, I'm on Chamberlain, I just crossed Chamberlain, I'm on 41 going south. And I was a stoplight and a man pulled up next to me and there was a child screaming in the car.” – Guess again. How about if you call 911 from the attackers phone and are begging to “…go, I just want to see my family again” and your plea for assistance is routed to an entirely different county?

In Denise Lee’s situation what happens is that you remain at the mercy of Michael King who will have his way with you, dig a hole and dump your lifeless body leaving behind a husband, a 2 year old child and a 6 month old child.

Perhaps that legally owned firearm would have come in handy seconds before your attacker decided to use his to shoot you in the head and put you in a shallow grave. But “I couldn’t imagine taking somebody else’s life”? Well he didn’t think twice when he decided to take hers and that is what kind of criminal that is on the streets, this criminal was not created out of legal gun ownership, but in this situation legal gun ownership would have saved a young mother.

Liberals and anti-gun lobbies use touchy-feely reasons to NOT have firearms, today I offer you touchy-feely reasons to have one (based upon facts of course) for self-defense. The police cannot be everywhere all the time and even when they are on the other end of the phone this doesn’t mean they can prevent such tragedies.

Don’t forget when seconds count, help is only minutes away and they are bringing a big stick of chalk to outline the body.