[quote=JayBee]
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Originally Posted by steve@thaib
IMHO, knowing that when he breaks into a house, he might get shot and killed, is a great deterrent to the would-be burgular. Even for a criminal, there are easier and less risky ways to make money. But when there is little risk, then a lot of them will think "Why not? What's the worst that could happen?" There is a basic criminal mentality which says, "I will take what I want from you, unless you can stop me." A bullet can stop him, and he knows that well.
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The problem with that is that the bullet isn't always stopped by the criminal.
How much domestic violence is aggravated when there is a gun in the house.
How many children get hurt playing with loaded guns in a domestic environment.
Does the chance of you interfacing with a criminal stop at your front door? If not should you keep a firearm in your car? Your place of work?
If I lived in a country where owning firearms was allowed by the general public, then I would use every other possible deterrent I could before resorting to using a firearm myself.