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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Consider this: If a burglar was standing between two houses, contemplating which one to rob. One house has an NRA sticker on the door and the other has Greenpeace sticker...which one would he rob?
(I know this is kind of silly but I wanted to interject a little bit of lightheartedness to the thread).
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The answer to your question, from self-report data, is either or both.
A burglar (not robber), is going to enter your house when he's pretty confident you're not home. The NRA sticker is most likely to result in your life being jeopardized, however, since the burglar is on alert that the situation could become lethal. And since he's more desperate, and possibly more used to hurting other people than an average houseowner, we can make an educated guess as to who is going to be more inclined to harm the other if a confrontation does ensue.
...not to mention your sticker just alerted the burglar to a potential stockpile of arms in the residence...
...stockpile of weapons, or birkenstocks? which house would you burglarize?
regarding the stats, they collide for a variety of reasons, but it's not disputed that a large portion of weapons related crime is due to accidents and suicides from guns in the home along with unauthorized access to arms by criminals. now you can try and compare the numbers between crime alleviated and those unfortunate incidents, but the dispute is volume, not an if.