Originally Posted by ratbastid

So... Despite what the experts say (and like it or not, the police ARE the experts when it comes to dealing with crime--a police officer will deal with 100 times more crime this month than you'll deal with in your lifetime), you're saying they're wrong?

Look, what's more valuable, your home or your life? If somebody wants my physical posessions and had a weapon capable of depriving me of my life, I'm not going to try anything heroic to keep what I own.

Heroic, macho (right-wing) chest-thumping gets people killed. Does that mean I'm willing to roll over and be a victim? Absolutely not. But I'd rather deal with crime on a sociological level. Once somebody's actually burgling your actual home, it's a little too late to deal with it well in my book.