>>>>Of course not. I don't know about the US, but the cases of home invasion in Canada is pretty low. I'm pretty sure that the risks that pose a loaded gun in a house is much higher than the risk of being rapped/killed/tortured/etc. in a house invasion.
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>>>How many houses in the US have a loaded gun in them. 500,000? More (I'd bet).
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>>I think I read somewhere that something over 30% of homes in the U.S. have at least one gun.
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>>Have a look at this:
>>http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/2007-releases/press01112007.html
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>Note that criminals were used in ALL of the instances of homicide. Ban murderers.

Because they use criminals? Ban criminals instead.

Um... could you explain first how does one use a criminal (criminal what?)?