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**shanice** · 01-09-2012, 01:00 AM

Considering that there is no data available about the total number of home invasions, I'm going to assume you just pulled that out of your ass.

Also, I like how you qualified this as "perish in a bungled home invasion". How about "be the victim of a home invasion", because maybe it's successful and they take all your stuff and rape your wife but don't kill you. Is that still ok by your standards, as long as you haven't "perished" in a "bungled" one?

Thank you for proving my point. Do you have any evidence that there is any likelihood that you will ever experience a home invasion? No? Then your argument is purely emotive. There are enough unforeseeable actual threats to your family's health and fortunes that you don't need to worry about imaginary ones.

Home invasions are so rare the FBI doesn't even bother to track them. Most homicides are drug-related or crimes of passion, and most rapes are date-rape.

But why stop at rape? What about torture? Why, right now there could be someone planning to break into your apartment to tickle you to death! The human mind can concoct any number of conceivable horror scenarios. It's normal to think about them, but to take them seriously is a sign of paranoia (the underlying cause is usually childhood trauma like, say, being harassed by a group of ultra-nationalists).

That said, I support gun rights. You should do whatever you think is necessary to protect your family. Just don't think that owning a gun gives you anything more than a false sense of security against a crime that you will almost certainly never experience.

01-09-2012, 01:00 AM	#29
shanice Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 374 Senior Member	Considering that there is no data available about the total number of home invasions, I'm going to assume you just pulled that out of your ass. Also, I like how you qualified this as "perish in a bungled home invasion". How about "be the victim of a home invasion", because maybe it's successful and they take all your stuff and rape your wife but don't kill you. Is that still ok by your standards, as long as you haven't "perished" in a "bungled" one? Thank you for proving my point. Do you have any evidence that there is any likelihood that you will ever experience a home invasion? No? Then your argument is purely emotive. There are enough unforeseeable actual threats to your family's health and fortunes that you don't need to worry about imaginary ones. Home invasions are so rare the FBI doesn't even bother to track them. Most homicides are drug-related or crimes of passion, and most rapes are date-rape. But why stop at rape? What about torture? Why, right now there could be someone planning to break into your apartment to tickle you to death! The human mind can concoct any number of conceivable horror scenarios. It's normal to think about them, but to take them seriously is a sign of paranoia (the underlying cause is usually childhood trauma like, say, being harassed by a group of ultra-nationalists). That said, I support gun rights. You should do whatever you think is necessary to protect your family. Just don't think that owning a gun gives you anything more than a false sense of security against a crime that you will almost certainly never experience.
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