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I would think that a thief would be less interested to steal from someone who is, by virtue of owning a gun, equipped to defend his or her property with lethal
by hga 10y ago
I would think that a thief would be less interested to steal from someone who is, by virtue of owning a gun, equipped to defend his or her property with lethal force.
What you're missing is that in the US, criminals in almost all the states and cities know there's a good chance their targets have guns in their homes, so they generally choose to burglarize them when unoccupied.
- vkou 10y agoThey also prefer to do so in countries other then the US, because they are there to burgle, not to get into a potentially dangerous altercation with the resident. Nothing good will come out of burgling an occupied house. 1. You may be identified - this will quickly shut down your criminal career. 2. You may be physically harmed. 3. You may physically harm the resident, which will turn your crime from a police-don't-really-care burglary into a violent robbery.