Company: Bedside gun rack would have saved Hudson’s family.

A press release from a company with no ties to actress Jennifer Hudson has tied the actress’ recent family tragedy to shotgun racks. Home Back-Up Protection chose the peculiar, if not opportunist, news angle of Hudson’s three murdered relatives to ask: “Could a bedside shotgun rack have saved Jennifer Hudson’ family from tragic death?” Home Back-Up Protection’s release goes on to describe a $40 product that can be attached to a bed mattress, allowing sleeping homeowners to keep shotguns literally at their sides. “Whether it is someone known or a stranger entering the home, too many people from this country are paying with their lives during these home invasions,” reads the pitch. “The Hudson family is just one of far too many Americans gunned down in their own home.” No details released by police have indicated that Hudson’s mother, brother or nephew were murdered while sleeping or even after a home invasion. “I really feel sorry for these people,” says John Peters, Home Back-Up’s president. “I just don’t want this to happen to someone else.”