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Originally Posted by DoubleF
The US is quite different than Canada though. Canadians have adopted debit and credit cards at a higher rate than Americans IIRC.
In theory, basically almost all homes in the US have that $50-100 bucks worth of cash or valuables within 20-30 seconds of entry worth grabbing and stealing. A true burglar isn't going for that, but ones desperate due to addiction might. Same for robbing shops. Most times when they catch a dude who has done that, they've hit a few places until their luck runs out. Most robbers probably don't plan much further than a few hours or days ahead.
Canada is so different. I haven't really ever seen a house with a locked grate on it. But it's so common in the USA and other continents. I could accidentally leave my front door open for hours, return and there's a decent likelihood nothing has happened and my house has not been burglarized.
This is the shooting thread though and IMO, it can't be a great environment to have a vicious cycle of paranoia and gun ownership in a population.
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The home burglarly rate is higher in Canada than US.