Urgrevling said:
We've started locking the outer door, which is has an automatic lock anyway but you can keep it half-shut. But a lot of people in this country don't actually lock their doors, or they just "symbolically" lock it with a **** lock when they're out. The idea of being armed when you answer the door, or being so suspicious of people in your town you don't open the door right away when someone rings the bell is incredibly disturbing to me. That's what I find so ****ed up about what you're saying, I don't mean to be rude but I am incredibly glad that I don't live where you live
Well, I don't arm myself just to answer the door, unless as I said it's an unusual time, my holster is just part of being dressed, so if I'm dressed, I'm armed.
That said, why would I trust people in my 'town'? I live in a metropolis of around 3.5 million people.
I'd really like to emigrate to a less crime-ridden, violent nation myself, but it's difficult, especially when so many nations seem to abhor self-defense, finding it disturbing. You see, bad things happen in good places too, just less often. There have been active shooters in Belgium, France and Norway who have killed tons of people, and regular crime still exists.
Czech Republic seems really nice, though. Their laws are restrictive, fine, but self-defense colour of law seems very reasonable.
I don't lock my door while I'm home and not once have I ever felt unsafe doing so.
This is the part I feel people really take for granted, exactly how many people who are assaulted or murdered do you think were expecting it?
Similar to previous years, violent crimes continued to account for about one-fifth (21%) of all police-reported Criminal Code offences in 2013 (excluding Criminal Code traffic violations). In total, police reported about 384,000 violent incidents in 2013, approximately 32,000 fewer than in 2012, resulting in a rate of 1,092 violent violations per 100,000 population (Table 5). Almost all types of violent crimes decreased between 2012 and 2013, with the exception of extortion (+32%), aggravated sexual assault (level 3) (+9%) and sexual violations against children10, 11 (+6%).
From an article on falling crime rates in Canada, which may seem to bely my point but is that not enough individual crimes to justify something as simple as locking a door?
Anecdotal here, but in my experience and from working/speaking with security and police for years almost all burglaries and home invasions happen primarily through an open/unlocked door, followed by open/unlocked window, with a very far running third for broken windows.
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