Consider me apathetic up front.
I believe most statistics show that most robbers want to avoid confrontation. This is why the bulk of robberies occur during the day while people are at work. Most people who are robbing you don't want to escalate the situation to assault or murder. The "breaking in at night" story is much more interesting than the, "I went on vacation or I was at work and some of my shit got stolen" story. That's why the news tends to favor the rare "breaking in at night" stories.
I also believe statistics show high mortality rates when home confrontations happens when someone breaks into the house of someone who has an unregistered firearm. These statistics seem to be most dense in cities with high rates of gang violence and poverty, like Chicago's west side (makes sense to me).
This is food for thought for the ensuing Europe vs. Uncle Sam and his Gun debate.
My own thoughts are one day I will educate myself on how to properly use a firearm. Once I am adequate at hitting a target, loading the gun, cleaning the gun, assembling the gun, and taking it apart - ALL WHILE FOCUSING ON SAFETY FIRST - then I will consider a firearm a welcome addition to my home.
A final thought...having actually stayed out on a real farm in the middle of the country in both Indiana and Central Illinois...a farm where dogs roam around at night, and it is pitch black, and the nearest neighbor is a few miles away...I would definitely want a few guns in my house. I realize the logic about someone robbing your country house is pretty solid, what STEREOTYPICAL burglar is gonna drive out into the middle of bumfuck nowhere to rob a house on a farm?. Well...the reality is people steal farm equipment all the time, and farm equipment is expensive shit. That is why there are dogs roaming the farm and farmer Joe has a shotgun and a pitchfork.
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