[marktwain]

Who would think that less criminals would lead to less crime?

[Ken H]

Who would think that less criminals would lead to less crime?

[slaps forehead] But of course! How could I have overlooked it all these years?

[Pelham]

It does thin out the herd.

[Greysard]

In reality there are not that many violent criminals in the society. However their ranks look far bigger than they actually are because each criminal commits many crimes; sometimes several per day. A bored young man with nothing better to do can vandalize a car, throw a brick through a window, paint graffiti on a wall, drive aggressively, participate in a fistfight, use drugs, illegally carry a firearm... all that every single day.

[Pontiac]

But most reporters seem to be stuck in the old discredited "progressive elite" model of murder, and are surprised that when you make crime less attractive, you get less of it.

I think I would put it this way.

But most reporters seem to be stuck in the old discredited "progressive elite" model of murder, and are surprised that when you make the commission of a crime more likely to be lethal, you get less of it.

Death is about the only thing that many criminals actually fear.

Few actually fear prison. They don’t like it but it is not a real deterrent. They know that most of the time they will not do real time (especially for burglary).

[Blueflag]

Fewer, not less.

Fewer burglaries.

[Bullish]

I'm completely in favor of burglar control.

[dr_lew]

I think most people would see a clear connection between more burglars being shot, and fewer burglaries being committed, but it seems to escape the writer of the article. This bit of journalistic word-twisting is in the article.

The logic being expressed is that the number of burglars being shot is an index of the number burglaries, under the assumption of a constant risk of being shot per burglary attempt. So, in this view, it is an anomaly that this index is increasing when other evidence suggests the number of burglary attempts is decreasing.

[jkeith3213]

Here’s what I don’t get about some people on here, not you, but shoot a thief in in your back yard = good shoot. But, shoot a thief in you garage = murder.

Something left in garage to steal in open = murder, but something in you back yard in the open = good shoot.

I say don’t steal from people, or you might get shot.

[trebb]

Our home is a bit isolated by being set back from the road 100 yards and being surrounded by dense foliage. A numbe rof years ago, some burglaries were happening in the area. The wife came home from work early one day and when she entered the front door, she noted that the back door was hanging open. Training took over and she backed out, pulled her weapon and did a walk around the house. Discovered it to be empty and noted that the bedroom blinds were pushed aside. Seems they had just gained entry when she showed up and they beat it out the door they had kicked in and went out through the back undeveloped land they had come into the area by.

Next door neighbor got hit too and they had time to actually rob them. This is relevant because when wife discovered everything was clear, she stepped out, hollered for the cowards to come back and fired one into the ground (at time we were in county and it was legal to fire weapons on our property). They must have heard because a few weeks later, the neighbor got hit again and they stayed away from our place.

[Tupelo]

I think the Richmond Confidential writer knows that an armed homeowner just-creates a Hostile Workplace for these poor burglars. If this keeps up, there will be fewer enterprising young folks entering the business. Another lost opportunity for inner city yutes.

[Jack Hydrazine]

“Despite the unusually high number people shot in burglary attempts, residential burglaries have gone down 28 percent compared to last year in the period between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30.”

By the way the author wrote this sentence you would think that he was expecting the residential burglary rate to go down even more than what it did. Or maybe he’s expecting more law-abiding citizens to shoot more burglars.

With Leftists it’s either we are shooting too many of them or too little. Make up your mind you Leftists!

[SaraJohnson]

I was told by the police chief in a town I lived in that when your house is empty, make it appear like you are home with light timers. Thieves shop for houses to hit and they don’t want to be confronted by homeowners.

They don’t want to be confronted by homeowners because they are in danger of being killed.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

“Guns lower the recidivism rate. About six feet.”

[BobL]

“Despite the unusually high number people shot in burglary attempts, residential burglaries have gone down 28 percent compared to last year in the period between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30.”

Line like that let us really GET INSIDE THE HEADS of liberals. Another one, that I always like to point out, and pops up every few hears goes something like this:

“Despite a record number of people in jail, the crime rate continues to fall in the United States.”

They (the left-wing reporters) really cannot understand what they’re writing...or they wouldn’t even write it.