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Category: burglary
Steve Fischer wrote: Place a large placard either in the window of your home/apt or on a sign on the grass saying: THIS IS A GUN-FREE HOME ..... then let's wait a couple of months and see how many of...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 6:02 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: burglary
Mark Gibson writes: And Waller and Okihiro (1978, p. 31) reported that 44% of burglarized Toronto residences were occupied during the burglaries, with 21% of the burglaries resulting in confrontations between victim and offender. Waller and Okihiro did not have...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:38 PM • •
Category: burglary
Jim De Arras said: Well, Mr. Lambert, lets have the numbers for .au, and see where the trend leads us. Here are all the numbers I have. Country % at-home % gun homicide burglaries ownership rate Netherlands 48 2 0.9...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 7:31 AM • •
Category: burglary
Jim De Arras said: 60% of all house burglaries in GB occur while the house is occupied. Less than 10% here. More than 50% of homes here have firearms, less than 5% there. I've proven that the mere existence without...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 3:12 AM • •
Category: burglary
The percentage of at-home burglaries is higher in the US (14%) than it is in Canada (10%). If guns account for the difference it is because US burglars are more likely to be armed and feel that they can take...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 3:34 AM • •
Category: burglary
The Terminator said: In England, the percentage of burglaries committed when the occupants are at home is something like 30%, while in the US, it's around 9%. Let me add two more data points that I was able to find:...
Posted by Tim Lambert at 12:45 AM • •
