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Originally Posted by JayBee
Your points are welltaken, CH. I understand them, having been pro-gun prohibition for many years.
The reasons for being against guns are, of course, suicides, accidents, crimes of passion, and the odd nut case who goes mental(we used to say goes "postal" since it has happened to so many postal workers).
I don't think parents with children ought to keep firearms in a house.
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So burglars just target houses with kids, because they are softer targets?
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Originally Posted by JayBee
But if a burglar doesn't know whether the person has a gun or not, then he has to be more careful. Not every one has to have a gun to make gun ownership an effective deterrent.
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Just look for kids toys in the garden, or a basketball hoop on the front of the garage?
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And if people know that if they piss off a person for no good reason, he might just go back to his car or house, return with a gun and blow their brains out, then people tend to be a little more respectful of one another, IMHO.
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Cars, people in America keep guns in cars?????
Well all I can say is that I hope car crime is less common in the US than it is here. With the ammount of car thefts in the UK, I would dread to think what would happen if those cars had guns kept in them as well.
Another point here is that if your house is broken into when you are not there, but there is a firearm in the property. That firearm could be stolen and used in another, more dangerous crime - although I do accept the mitigation of secure storage for guns.