Looking To Buy My First Rifle...

Mate, Don't feel sorry for me.
It's hard to express how that episode changed our lives on a forum.
I left the U.S. Army and never touched a firearm again until this happened.
Nearly 20 years without ever touching a firearm!
Not in a single Gun in my home that whole time.
Because of where we live I felt they were not needed and the Wife hated them anyway.
I slept with and did things with them that I did not want one near me ever again.
Then the invasion happened.
It totally changed things in a way that turned my Life upside down!
I felt I had failed in my duty to protect my family!!
That is something you never want to go through!
As a trained deadly weapon for the U.S. Military?
I used everything I was taught to insure my family would be safe from then on!
I sought out the bad Guys and removed them by any means needed.
I added any defenses needed to protect my family from any sort of revenge those I had attacked might try.
I have sat in Court and made sure they did thier full time.
I have taken revenge on those that the Courts found 'Not enuff evidence'.
I have given the 'System' the first shot.
If they fail? I have resources that insure that the Guilty are punished.

I am not happy that I need to do what I have done.
It's probably the saddest part of my life that I need to do the things I do to protect my Loved ones.
But I WILL protect them!
And the cost to me does not matter in any way.