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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
You really need to redefine what you think "criminals" are after.
Someone breaks into your house to steal your stuff. If they're only after your TV or a painting or jewlery, whatever, I'm sorry, you don't have the right to execute them. Theft is not a capital crime.
Obviously nobody wants to suffer a home invasion, but a great way to ensure nobody ever sneaks up on you is to get a dog. Keep a baseball bat by the bed, and if you hear a noise in the night, you don't accidentally shoot your own kid on the way to the bathroom.
Frankly, I don't know why anyone would attempt a home robbery on an American residence without knowing for a fact nobody was there.
If guns really protected people the way gun enthusiasts claim, Omaha Beach should've been the safest place on Earth.
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I've said it before that using a gun for home defense has a whole lot of problems.
First of all, get someone that's pumped up on adrenaline in a darkened house with noise coming from downstairs and a twitchy finger and its more likely that you're going to put a hole in your kid coming home late. Or jump into a confrontation that you're not prepared for. Worst case, you end up giving a gun to a person that broke into your house to steal your TV that doesn't have a gun.
A gun gives you a false sense of security to me. It makes a person move towards danger rather then away from danger.
The most powerful home defense mechanism is a safety plan and a phone. Unless you've drawn the attention of the local drug cartel, a burgler isn't going to stick around if they hear a person on the phone through a locked door for example. If your first move with a gun is towards trouble, you're actually not doing a good job of defending your family.
Also, if someone breaks into your house and has a gun and is prepared to use it, I'm betting that the odds are significantly in their favor.