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Originally Posted by Thunderball
I should have said, its one of three reasons why, but its a pretty solid psychological reason... its not a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, its reasonable logic that many proponents of these laws point to. 41% of Americans own guns, v. 26% of Canadians... Americans won't go to jail for killing an invader, Canadians will. From what I learned in psychology, criminals typically prefer the path of least resistance. Why rob a house with a security system, why rob a house with a gun owner, when there's an easier prey somewhere else. Many criminals also turn to crime for preservation... there's no preservation if you could come out of that house in Dallas with a hole where your brain used to be. I'm too lazy to dig out which book it was in, but those are predominant schools of thought.
The other two reasons mentioned in what I have read are:
-Canadians report more BnEs and vehicle thefts (this one is pretty flimsy, but its what I read)
-Americans have higher punishments for property crimes.
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Your elaboration makes sense, I thought you were attributing guns solely as the reason B&E was being prevented. You should teach Azure how to debate. Of course the flip side is that Americans have less break and enter, but more murder, and one is worse than the other.