>>>What sane person with one functioning brain cell would engage in an extended high-speed chase trying to get away from law enforcement when caught red-handed? Yet it happens every day, and every day they get caught.
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>>>Criminals are neither logical, nor sane.
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>>There is a huge difference between acting stupidly in the heat of the moment like trying to run from the police, and planning a burglary. I just can't see why any burglar wouldn't work on the assumption that there might be a gun in the home.
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>You are trying to apply logic to people who are already behaving without regard to logic or social custom.
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>Someone planning a home invasion is already disregarding the possibility of alarm systems, residents who may be home, and routine police patrols. Why is it so surprising they'd disregard potentially armed residents?
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>They're going in without regard to any other caution. They have decided, before they go in, that going in is "worth it" in the face of all odds.

Sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they haven't give thought to the likelihood of the owner having a gun. It's just risk assessment. That really makes my point though, I think the argument that a break-in is less likely if the homeowner owns a gun is bogus.

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>FWIW, I HAVE been the victim of home burglary, and it happened while I slept.