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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Well, Chimaera (did I spell that right), most burglaries and robberies aren't spur-of-the-moment things. Most people who make their living committing burglary do something which is known as "casing" the joint. That is, finding the easiest access points, determining the pattern of behaviour of the owners, etc. If you see, while casing, that the owner has, say, an NRA membership (evidenced in bumper stickers, magazine subscriptions, etc.) you get a pretty good idea that the owner of the house is the owner of a gun. (and yes, actually the people doing the statistics - the UCB - DID interview criminals, both in jail and reformed) As for the number of crimes prevented, foiled, etc. by armed citizens, you can refer to the Uniform Crime Board statistics for an unbiased sample, or you can read "The Armed Citizen" and similar columns in admittedly somewhat slanted publications such as "The American Rifleman." And lastly... Homer Simpson? Guys, we all know Homer is a card-carrying moron... but what's really sad is that anytime anyone who is not a cop or a crook who has a gun is depicted on TV, regardless of previous character development, he or she AUTOMATICALLY becomes a bloodthirsty or incompetent idiot. I'll let the conspiracy theorists among you puzzle out just why... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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