Guns Can't Stop Burglary - and even the right wing agrees
One of the biggest arguments in favor of guns, guns, guns is their use in stopping burglaries. The argument says that a burglar won't enter a home where there might be armed people living, so the logical conclusion is that if everyone in town has a gun in the house, burglars will stop plying their trade.
I think we've all seen the famous bumper sticker that says, "No gun pulls its own trigger."
I work at a newspaper in a very Republican area that is packed with guns, and one of my jobs is to post the crime reports to our website. There are at least three burglaries a week...and in almost all of them guns are stolen.
Right now the paradox of the guns which were bought to prevent burglaries themselves being burglarized should make your head spin, and it's explained by the bumper sticker. Burglars DON'T enter homes where armed people might be present. Rather, they do surveillance on the neighborhood, learn the habits of the residents, and break in when your house is empty.
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with a gun 
Preferably in the bathroom! 
