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Originally Posted by Rochard
You missed my point. If you live in an area where there are a lot of people who yearn for oxycontin, you need to re-evaluate your life and figure out why you live in an area there are such problems. I'm not saying my hometown doesn't have this problem, but I am saying it's not such a huge problem the the general population here doesn't live in fear of their house being broken into.
I'm forty-four years old and not once have I ever had my house or car broken into, nor do I feel the need to fortify my house with assault rifles. I have locks on the door and an alarm system and my local police has a response time of less than a minute or so.
If you feel you need to protect fear into potential criminals to prevent them from breaking into your house, then you've already failed.
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Speaking as someone whom has had his car & house broken into I can say in neither situation would a gun have served any purpose. The reason? I wasn't home.
I didn't live in a bad area but my house was somewhat isolated, meaning I had woods on 4 sides and while there were houses around they weren't close enough for someone to notice anything.
A gun would'n't have stopped my home/car from getting broken into, but better lighting and a alarm likely would have.
Most thieves will avoid the chance of confrontation as they are just looking for a quick score in most cases and will almost always attempt to steal only if there is no one around.
In my case I was a likely target because at the time I had a floor cleaning business and was gone most nights. The people that broke into my house knew this as they knew my schedule.
This is the case in most situations despiste what your average wanna be Rambo loves to shout about. 99% of the time they already know you aren't home if they are targeting your house.
The point being the whole non sense about needing an AK47 or M16 to safe guard ones house is pretty much major over reaction. Home invasions are very very rare when someone is at home. A shotgun or a handgun is more than enough to protect one's home, the whole non sense about assault rifles is just a bunch of wanna be rambos that want to play giJoe..
The shotgun is likely the "BEST" by far because it's unlikely to kill one of your family members in an adjacent room or neighbors next door, due to bullet penetration. In fact I'd go as far as saying for the above mention reason of bullet penetration anyone whom uses the excuse of needing an assault rifle for home protection is a careless and irresponsible gun owner.