Originally Posted by WhiplashDug

Not sure where you get that thought process... but I would think a thief would choose the 'path of least resistance', right? Why would an attacker choose a victim who is known to own a gun in the first place when they can go next door to the neighbor who doesn't?

The same way homes with Alarm systems and large Dog's deter criminals, a know gun owner would have to have the same effect... at least that's what logic would tell me. And logic tends to know some stuff.