Our neighbors, who has their house broken into and basically destroyed by vandals, blames themselves for not setting the alarm.  They are in the process of having their home remodeled but are having to stay elsewhere for a little while until it is livable again.  We had them over for dinner and a movie the other night and they updated us on all the hard work they are having to do to make sure this does not happen to them again.  They are telling everyone how important it is to try their very best to protect their home.  Even if you don’t think you can, they say there are lots of affordable home alarms out there that would offer some measure of protection against this kind of thing.  I think they have turned into crusaders where home security is concerned.  They at first were just overwhelmed that such a thing could happen to them.  Then they got angry and decided to try to help educate people on home security.  They have started attending those CAPS meetings and talking to people about their experience.  They say experience is such a hard teacher, and hope people will instead listen to their story.