Quote Originally Posted by adamantium View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post

That's one of the challenges, yes. The population is large, the geographic area is spread out, and the number of illegal guns is very numerous.

Another challenge is just that American culture has always been violent, compared to other first world countries. There are many historical and sociological factors to this. Much of this is hard to reverse, at least not quickly.

Bottom line is that disarming the law-abiding citizens would be a disaster at this point.

We would see mass shootings decrease, but crimes against innocent citizens (such as home invasions and small businesses) would increase.

I'll take the mass shooting gamble (affects a tiny, tiny percentage of the population) and feel more secure that the average home invader knows that I could easily be armed (and actually am).
Yeah Im sure its a real deterrant for your average Compton n-word wannabe homeinvader knowing that the middage jew is sleeping with some pussified shooting instrument under his pillow
You know nothing about the US and it's cute seeing you write things like this.

Even thugs know that they don't want to enter an unknown house where they can get blown away by the homeowner, so incidents where they just force their way into an occupied home aren't all that common.

Most of the time, when an intentional home invasion occurs, it's done with the element of surprise, such as knocking on the door, waiting until the homeowner answers, and then pulling a gun on him/her and tying them up (or in some cases, hurting or killing them).

You're watching too many movies where the bad guys just bust into houses at night and are perfectly willing to engage in gun battles.

Of course, most burglaries occur when there appears to be nobody home, but also sometimes when it's assumed everyone is sleeping and the burglar feels he can sneak in, steal, and get out before he's detected. Again, that type of burglar will be emboldened if he knows he's not facing a potential gun on the other end, and this will sharply increase.

Why wouldn't it?