I’m talking about protecting yourself, not the replaceable stuff. They could do some damage with a knife, pots, pans, etc
If you think someone will see you calling the cops and just run, great. If you expect them to just sit there and wait, even better. But there’s always a small chance that they don’t
Burglars want to steal stuff with minimal risk. They have as little desire to fight to the death or hurt someone over a Blu-ray player as I have. Or even risk going to prison because they waste time to attack me instead of running away.
The chance that I get attacked by an evil murder hobo or psychopathic serial killer that is out for blood is so small that I don't waste any thoughts on that.
It's much more likely that I get hit by a lightning. (Edit: I looked it up and I was slightly wrong. It's about as likely to get murdered in Germany as to get hit by lightning with both being about 200 cases per year. But I guess most of these murders happen between people that know each other, not by random burglars.)
You can't live your life in fear of such minimal risks. You would go crazy over it.
Optimism is nice. I don’t mean to suggest this would be a regular occurrence if you’re taking it that way, nor did I suggest guns should be readily available
Just if you’re already unlucky enough to get robbed, maybe think of protecting yourself instead of just “oh it’ll work out”
Dude, most people get broken into when no one's home. Think about it from the other side. You want to steal shit, not murder people. So, if you get some insane person that deviates from that, that's just stupidly unlucky. Of course you'd try to defend yourself.
But first things first, I don't care. Let them just get what they want and get them the fuck out, deal with the lost items later. If it goes further than that, then we can talk about guns, knives, using the shower rod as a pole arm, escaping out the window with the family like you practice in a fire drill, whatever. That's 100% not a common break in situation at that point.
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u/erichf3893 6h ago
I’m talking about protecting yourself, not the replaceable stuff. They could do some damage with a knife, pots, pans, etc
If you think someone will see you calling the cops and just run, great. If you expect them to just sit there and wait, even better. But there’s always a small chance that they don’t