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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)

12. try home invasions

Reply to rfranklin (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:10 PM

Aug 2012

which is different than burglary. It is safer to do a home invasion in Chicago, but burglary is just as safe in either place. Of course, if your casing skills suck, all bets are off.

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No Burglars Shot And Killed In Chicago, Several Shot And Killed This Year In Houston [View all] GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 OP

baser toter bloodluster hateful rude 2Aers every celebrate. ileus Aug 2012 #1

Perhaps media outlets in Chicago prefer not to cover those stories? n/t Glaug-Eldare Aug 2012 #2

"If it bleeds it leads." HALO141 Aug 2012 #4

Anecdotal evidence indicates that if you plan to pillage/plunder... move to Chicago. OneTenthofOnePercent Aug 2012 #3

Anecdotal and totally bogus...check out the burglary figures for both cities... rfranklin Aug 2012 #9

Doesn't seem to do anything to lessen crime in Houston... rfranklin Aug 2012 #5

Apparently all those guns leads to a higher burglary rate Fresh_Start Aug 2012 #7

Correlation does not imply causation. HALO141 Aug 2012 #8

try home invasions gejohnston Aug 2012 #12

Can you back up your claim? There don't seem to be realiable statistics related to that term. rfranklin Aug 2012 #13

That's a big problem with home invasion stats. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2012 #15

Try these google searches. safeinOhio Aug 2012 #6

Try staying on topic. Clames Aug 2012 #10

not quite the same thing gejohnston Aug 2012 #11

Chicago has plenty of guns...your example is not applicable. rfranklin Aug 2012 #14

not legally. Legal ones are few. That being the case gejohnston Aug 2012 #17

Congratulations! You must feel wonderful Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #16