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Every chud in my life is obsessed with someone breaking into their house and the situation being resolved with the discharge of a firearm. And these are people living in low crime areas out in the suburbs, with no pedestrians. It's frustrating to talk with these people since their whole worldview is a racist panic over some imagined brown interloper invading their white fortresses.

One of my coworkers tells me he always pulls out his Glock to check the corners when he comes home in the evening. Another has a CCTV system and an AR15 by his bed. I personally don't own a gun anymore because I don't trust myself with one, and chuds will ask me what I'll do if some mentally unwell person high on amphetamines decided to enter my apartment. I guess I'd leave or call an ambulance? It seems so unlikely of a scenario that even if I had a firearm I probably wouldn't use it right, or even register this person as a threat quickly enough to do a John Wick style takedown.

How many home invasions are actually stopped this way? Do chuds all think they're Robocop?

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[โ€“] stewie3128@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

We have cameras to see if the mail has come yet, which of us moved the big broom, check in on things while we're out of town, etc. They can be useful even if you're not in a risky neighborhood.

ETA: We have no firearms, because we don't have any interest in maintaining the proficiency necessary to ensure that we don't accidentally kill each other. Even aside from that, we have no interest in hunting, and the likelihood that a gun would ever make a positive difference during some remotely-possible home invasion is basically unmeasurable.

[โ€“] Frank@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

Cameras for packages is a good and legit usage, i like that.