>> That’s unfortunate then, since that point is verifiably false. You're thinking rate of violence day-to-day. I feel the author was thinking of how humans hav

>> That’s unfortunate then, since that point is verifiably false. You're thinking rate of violence day-to-day. I feel the author was thinking of how humans have increased their potential lethality, by analyzing the range, rate of fire, supply, required skill, accuracy of humans and their relationship with weaponry. >> And indeed, rural home invasions are virtually unheard of in the USA Wow, I need to live where you live! Home invasions are quite common in metro areas in the USA (edit: I see you said "rural" now). As a note the US has vast rural areas that see very little crime, so nationally speaking the US statistics versus Europe is horribly skewed. True comparison would be by cities, but every country and city reports crime differently! Data for burglaries: Europe: https://www.eupedia.com/europe/crime_maps_of_europe.shtml#burglaries https://www.eupedia.com/europe/crime_maps_of_europe.shtml#bu... USA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...