Are home alarm systems worth it? I’m talking about something like ADT or Vivint, with window and door sensors, and automated police calls.
Are those monthly subscriptions worth it? Do you guys have them? Does anyone have any stories where having an alarm system made a break-in situation better? Are they just snake oil?
When the intruder alarm goes off, police are minutes away, the intruder is only seconds from you. You are the only person who can reliably protect you. Buy a gun, learn how to use it, and keep it in an accessible place.
Wrong comment for this platform. Your not wrong though so watch the downvotes roll in. I bet none of the down voters have been in a real active situation of any kind. Reality vs dreams.
Statistically if you have a gun your risk of death by homicide doubles, and suicide rate triples citation.
Guns don’t make you safe. Dogs are a are an actually effective deterrent for example citation.
Your first link doesn’t separate correlation and causation. Is a high murder rate area more likely to cause people to buy a gun, or the inverse? I can tell you for sure people who are in a bad situation generally don’t just sit on their asses and do nothing.