At 21:06 18-3-01 -0600, dendriite wrote:
>Most people cannot afford alarms, those that can often find they can afford
>firearms for those just in case situations.
If you're so poor you can't afford an alarm, burglars probably won't have a
reason to break into your house anyway.
> > What if you're less safety-conscious and keep a loaded gun in the house?
> > There's a good chance the burglar finds it before you can get to it. You
> > wouldn't be the first person to be shot with his own gun in his own house.
>
>You've been reading too many anecdotes. The burglar knows the location of
>your weapons better than you do? Most often they are kept in the owners
>bedroom.
The burglar doesn't necessarily *know* where you keep your gun, but when
he's searching your house he'll probably find it anyway.
> > Worse yet, there's a good chance the burglar already
> > found your gun and you find yourself on the wrong end of it.
>
>LOL
I don't think the person in the bed will agree with your sentiment when
he's staring into the barrel of a gun. <grin>
> > Leave the burglar-catching and the use of fire arms to the police -- they
> > are the ones with the proper training, not you.
> >
>People who can attest to the expertise and efficacy of our police:
>
>Rodney King
>Elmer Wayne Henley
>The Zodiac Killer (heck....name just about any serial killer)
>Anyone who has been robbed in the last few years.
For most part, you can't really blame the police officers. You just can't
completely get rid of crime -- not even if you turn the country into a
police state. The officers that beat up Rodney King were of course way out
of line, but I suppose (and hope!) cops like that are exceptions; I'm sure
most police officers are decent law-abiding people who do their job the
best they can. A lack of expertise and efficacy isn't really the fault of
the officers themselves either; most of it will be caused by lack of
equipment and not having enough people who want to do that job.
AFAIK, most serial killers eventually do get caught. The faster they get
caught, the better, but unfortunately serial killers aren't in the habit of
leaving their name and address on the corpse...
BTW, who is Elmer Wayne Henley?
Jeroen
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