Originally Posted by SuckOnThis

See? You're scaring yourself again. Did you also come across the stats that 47% of all break-ins were done by someone the homeowner knew? Also included in your stats are thefts from garages and thefts from the outside of a property.

But lets breakdown your stats. 28% of all burglaries were done when someone was home (that number seems high but I'll take your word for it), thats the big concern, right? If you're not home obviously a gun does no good either way. So 28% of the 3.7 million households that are burglarized every year comes out to 1,036,000 households per year. There are over 120 million households in the US, so that means you have a .0086 percent chance of being burglarized while being home and thats across the board. If you live in the ghetto your chances are a little higher, if you live in a better area they are less than that. And this is your big concern?? This is your idea of inevitable? You're wasting a lot of energy worrying about something that has a less than 1% chance of happening.

And no, I don't have dogs to protect against break-ins, that's just one perk of having dogs. I didnt raise my dogs to be pissed off aggressive, but I know them well enough to know they would rip the shit out of anyone that broke in. If someone breaks in while no one is here (including my dogs) I have insurance. Thats what its for and guns will do no good in that situation anyway.

More family members are shot by other family members with guns in the house than burglars are, think about that one.