Someone tried to break into my home for a second time tonight

I woke up to a scratching sound coming from my bathroom at about 3 am. I figured my cat had somehow managed to get out of the utility room and into my bathroom. I get up and go in my bathroom and the sound was obviously coming from outside. My first thought was not this shite again.

So I went and turned the back and front porch lights on and found my baseball bat and a working flashlight. I went out to that side of the house and sure enough one of the screens was torn.

So this is the second time in 2 years this has happened. The first time around I was woken by the sound of footsteps through leaves and when I turned the lights on outside I heard them walk away quickly through the same leaves. I called the cops that time and they sent out a 5 foot tall woman who obviously too scared to even go over there and look. We talked out in my driveway for a while and she left after shining the light from her squad car on the side of my house. Well I went over there after she left and one of the screens frames was bent up like 2 or 3 inches. It was pretty obvious someone was trying to pry it off with a screwdriver.

Anyways, this is the second time this has happened and its really starting to worry me. I have two very large dogs who love to bark, one of them actually passed away recently so I'm down to one now, and I live in a small town so everyone knows I have those dogs. I figure who ever this is trying to break in is either a: completely insane and or drugged out of their mind or b: must be from out of town. I mean I just don't know who would try and break into a home with two big dogs living in it.

I think I'm gonna go look at some handguns today because I don't feel safe. I have no idea whether this person trying to break in is armed or not. It's one thing if they have something like a knife because I have a bat, but if they have a gun I'd be screwed.