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This may be an effect, but while some criminals want to avoid a confrontation with a gun-wielding resident... others want to steal guns. By helping criminals se
by gojomo 14y ago
This may be an effect, but while some criminals want to avoid a confrontation with a gun-wielding resident... others want to steal guns. By helping criminals self-sort to the right targets for the risks they prefer, the net effect on crime/safety could be negative, by shifting break-ins to where they are most likely to succeed.
- rhizome 14y agoIs gun theft ever really that much of a specific goal? Seems guns are easy enough to get on the street that breaking into a house just to steal guns has a much higher risk than is normally necessary. EDIT: Well that didn't take long to acquire a silent Reddit-style "independent-thought downvote."
- Anechoic 14y agoYou'd be suprised: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/thieves_break_into_springfield.html http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/thieves_break...
- rhizome 14y agoThat's one instance with a very large (no?) safe. I was asking about the prevalence of that kind of crime, not whether it had ever happened before in the history of weapons, or theft itself.
- hughlomas 14y agoYes, especially if you simply observe a house known to have guns and take them when the owners are not home.
- rhizome 14y agoI realize how the concept of theft works.