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Why does it seem like Americans are obsessed over home invasions? Do you have a lot of them? (hexbear.net)
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Constantly see people online talk about "when the robber comes thru my door" or whatever, and some of it is memes, but a lot of it is just people legit discussing what the "best weapon" to fight robbers breaking into your house at night would be - Giving it so much thought as if it is a legitimate concern. So is it? Does it happen a lot?

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[โ€“] Adkml@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lots of gun owners want literally nothing more than to have a justifiable reason to kill somebody.

In their mind somebody breaking into their house means they get to use any amount of force they can muster.

My old boss literally would talk about how he leaves his door unlocked because "if they get passed the dogs then they have me to worry about"

And I'd like to see what a burgler would do to an out of shape 70 year old who fell asleep drunk in his recliner at 10 o clock with fox news playing loudly on the TV.