re: #9 lostlakehiker

And not only having guns around makes being a burglar more dangerous, it also makes burglars more dangerous: in England or in France, where burglars don’t expect to encounter firearms, they tend to avoid carrying firearms themselves and would rather try to flee when caught in the act, as harming their victims would result in much harsher sentences, and it’s better for them to try their luck in the next house. Overall, very few burglaries end with a fatality on any side.
By contrast, in the US, where a burglar might expect deadly fire at any time, he will be much more likely to carry a firearm, and to shoot first; and many burglaries have a fatal issue. So “defensive” firearms, in the long run, have made burglaries more deadly. Thing is, there isn’t really a way out of this situation.