King,

I find the use of the word vigilante to be extremely offensive. A vigilante is one who, after the fact, takes the execution of the law into their own hands. The word fails miserably to express the responsibility of citizens to take their own defense seriously. People will always die in this type of situation while waiting for police protection. The police cannot be outside of every door, nor do we want them to be. However, our society has trained those who are about to come unhinged that they will be unopposed in whatever they chose to do. I used to produce training materials for a large, national fast food chain. The store employees were taught to cooperate with an armed intruder. One store crew was herded into the walk-in cooler and all shot. No one resisted. They waited for their turn for the single bullet to the head. In Kansas, several years ago two guys who were accidently released from prison early, terrorized a group of twenty something friends for several hours before taking them to a soccor field and shooting each one execution style. No one resisted. They waited on their knees, naked in the snow for the single bullet to the head. One woman survived.