Originally Posted by PornMD

I don't own a firearm, but only one of my immediate family members has not had their home robbed, and my best friend has been robbed multiple times at gunpoint, so I can understand why some people might feel they need the protection. I personally don't - have had shit stolen from me but not as a robbery or burglary, just a box of Magic cards when in high school. My father has not only been burgled but had his house shot up, thankfully not while he was there.

It is no longer the 50s where you can trust everything/everyone will be safe.