Neighborhood crime

[cardsfantx]

My brain is wired so much differently than those that constantly worry about the boogie man getting them. I really feel sorry for you if you are constantly worried about stuff like that. What would keep me up at nights not able to sleep is having a loaded gun in my house, especially when I was raising kids. That would have terrified me.

Not sure who you're referring to, but I'm not worried about a damn thing. Between an alarm system, cameras, gated lot, gated community, guards patrolling the streets, codes on all doors required for entry so we know who comes/goes and when, and the gun safe in my nightstand, I'm covered.

That sounds like someone who is worried more than a little.

How so? The only thing that didn't come with the house is a gun. It's not like I went out and bought all that [expletive] myself.

[cardsfansince82]

My brain is wired so much differently than those that constantly worry about the boogie man getting them. I really feel sorry for you if you are constantly worried about stuff like that. What would keep me up at nights not able to sleep is having a loaded gun in my house, especially when I was raising kids. That would have terrified me.

For me, it's snakes.

25th roster spot. Those WARs count too, dammit.

[lukethedrifter]

cool house, tx

[SHOW]

[cardsfantx]

No, no, no.....it's only one story

[heyzeus]

The studies that show that having a gun in the house creates substantial risk that you'll accidentally shoot someone in your house is enough for me. I have no interest in weapons.

[JL21]

My brain is wired so much differently than those that constantly worry about the boogie man getting them. I really feel sorry for you if you are constantly worried about stuff like that. What would keep me up at nights not able to sleep is having a loaded gun in my house, especially when I was raising kids. That would have terrified me.

For me, it's snakes.

25th roster spot. Those WARs count too, dammit.

I have nightmares about criminal bunt decisions.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Here is a ranking of what kills people. Homicide is pretty high up there for middle aged people.

http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/1 ... 2010-a.pdf

This is just for 2010, but it's pretty consistently a top 5 cause of death for every age group from 10 years old to 44. Of course, so is suicide. And, overall, it's not a top 10 killer.

[Socnorb11]

Interesting information AW, but I don't think that chart is necessarily indicative of people breaking into homes to kill people.

Something like 60% of gun owners say that they own guns for protection. Based on the homicide numbers in that chart, the gun owners aren't doing a very good job of protecting people.

[lukethedrifter]

homicide rates need to be broken down into who was in the "Game" and who is a "Taxpayer"

[jim]

We moved into a new house 1.5 years ago with a very nice alarm system. I know this because the seller accused our inspection guy of breaking something on it, which was b.s. Since she was being such a b, we made her fix it before we closed. I haven't the foggiest idea of how it works, I'm not sure if I have to call someone or press some buttons or what to get it to work. It will simply stay as a decoration on the wall.

I'm not a big door locker either.