"Do guns really deter burglars ? Here 's an interesting study . '' In one sample of state prisoners , 74 percent agreed that one reason burglars avoid residences when people are at home is that they fear being shot . At the same time , burglars also report that guns are of considerable value to them .... Interviews with active burglars suggest that they typically prefer items that are easy to carry , easily concealed , and have high 'pound for pound ' value . As one burglar reported : ' A gun is money with a trigger ' .... Results from the Uniform Crime Reports and NCVS data suggest that gun prevalence may increase the odds of being burglarized . Our analyses find that a 10-percent increase in a county 's gun ownership rate is associated with a 3-percent to 7-percent increase in the likelihood that a home will be burglarized . The likelihood that a burglary is 'hot ' ( that is , that a resident is at home during the break-in ) does not appear to be affected by the prevalence of gun ownership .... One possible reason why the risk of burglary increases with gun prevalence is that guns are valuable loot .... Keeping a gun at home is unlikely to provide a net benefit to the rest of the community in the form of burglary deterrence . If anything , residences in a neighborhood with more guns may be at greater risk of being burglarized . The upshot is ironic : Guns are often kept to protect the home , but the aggregate effect of keeping guns at home may be to increase the victimization rate. `` http : //www.jointogether.org/gv/news/ ... 566426,00.html Criminals fear being shot , but they also want to steal guns ."
"So you are saying that because the gun is of value you should just let the burgular take everything else of value , Rape your wife and possibly kill you all because you might get shot ? XXXX . You are now quoting that burgulars will invade homes more because there are guns in there ? Again this is this frauds own personal research to meet his agenda . Please show me his raw data .. otherwise it is XXXX . Your quote starts out with fact ( the 74 % ) then goes off into fantasy land of the quotes of one or two CRIMINALS who support your global socialist agenda and then he does `` his own study `` . XXXX ! GOA and other pro freedom groups footnote and annotate thier sources for your review not some `` oh we looked at the fbi statistics and from `` our own `` research we have found that pistol gripped assault rifles can go on a kill crazy rampage whether or not a human is actually holding the thing `` XXXX ! The latest is the BATFE is XXXXXX at the brady foundation for misrepresenting their data ... hmm ..... C R A P !"
"rate the aggregate effect of keeping guns at home may be to increase the victimization"
"So you are saying you should just let the burgular take everything else of value ..."