I beg you to re-consider this.
People who burglarize homes do it for different reasons, and none of them have any brains at all. The ones after property are mostly drug addicts and aren't thinking about anything except getting more drugs. Often they break in thinking that no one's there when they are.
And then there are the simple fiends who deliberately break in while someone is there because they're seeking to rape or kill someone, or they're there on a contract killing, or out of revenge or because they're trying to gain money in an estate situation...yada yada.
There's plenty of motives for homicide and killing someone in their home in the dead of night is a favorite means of offing someone.
And obviously most rapes occur in the victim's home at night.
Homes must be defended.
And as for the idiots who use their own guns to kill their friends or themselve...they win the Darwin award as far as I'm concerned. Anyone that idiodic deserves what they get.
Originally Posted by theaustinescorts
A couple of months ago a home 3 doors down was broken into. Burglars were very smart. Obviously knew the routine of the homeowners, broke in while they were not there, and took easily sellable items. To me, this is the modus operandi of most burglars. Smart and quick.
I disagree with several of your points but, to me only one point is important: How often any of your scenarios occur? Rape is a very hard one to break down. As I stated, I read the paper on a daily basis and watch the news pretty much every day. Home break-in murders make the news. They are probably the rarest of violent crimes. The last one I remember reading/hearing about was when 2 individuals in Austin were killed. Investigators later found out the guy was a drug dealer and the killers didn't want to pay him the money they owed him and killed the couple.
Contract killings??? Come on!! That's why I use the term "random home break ins" because what you are describing, for the most part, are not random.
I am not trying to convince you or anyone else to not own a gun to protect your home. If I lived in a high-crime area there is a much higher chance that I would have a gun in my home. As I look at it, the odds of you or me dying in a car accident are much, much, much, much, much (okay you get the idea) higher than ever being the victim of a home break-in while we are at home yet I'm sure we both drive our cars pretty much every day of the year.