[Melas]

That has more to do with the size of your town than anything. Smaller locales don't have the anonymity to fade back into after leaving the scene of crime.

Recently we've seen a rash of home invaders who seem adept at getting the drop on armed homeowners.

[papertyger]

Recently we've seen a rash of home invaders who seem adept at getting the drop on armed homeowners.

How, pray tell, are they able to do that?

[groanup]

" Recently we've seen a rash of home invaders who seem adept at getting the drop on armed homeowners."

If perps are going in with the idea that they are going to get the drop on the homeowner then the perps are either crazy loons or drugged out. Their type of enterprise is always more successful if they go in when homeowners aren't at home.