Quote Originally Posted by RL... View Post
lol
You and your wife have a much higher chance of dying from heart disease than getting raped or murdered in your house. In my 24 years of life I have never had my place of residence been broken into, and I've lived in more than 5 different homes, in more than 5 states. So think your "1 in 5" stats are little off.

In regards to that article, it's truly tragic, but its hard to say if a gun would've saved them. If they break in and shove their gun to your face, you won't have time to get your gun. Even if you did, most people who buy guns aren't trained to use them properly.
Clearly you dont understand statistics.

I've had 3 incidents in my lifetime that required me to pull a gun on my property. More importantly than any of those 3, my fiance deterred someone attempting to break in the house when she was home alone by grabbing my shotgun. Strangely......... yelling "im calling the police" had no effect.... but cocking and aiming a shotgun made them run away. She wasnt properly trained to use a gun and didnt even have to fire a gun, the presence of a gun prevented an attack.

8000 home invasions happen a day in the US. That is not a made up statistic. If you wish to play the odds and say "it'll never happen to me". good for you, someone breaks into my house while i am here, they will die. I wont shed one tear for them. I'll attend their funeral for the sole purpose of telling their parents that they did a shitty job raising a criminal. After that, i'll treat myself to a steak dinner to celebrate the fact that the world has 1 less scumbag in it.