>>>>>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:
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http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/2007-releases/press01112007.html>>
>>Note that criminals were used in ALL of the instances of homicide. Ban murderers.
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>Because they use criminals? Ban criminals instead.
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>Um... could you explain first how does one use a criminal (criminal what?)?
I see criminals used all the time as a political weapon. Just take a quick look back through this thread.
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