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[quote=Anonymous][quote]U.S. Dept of Justice does cover home invasions. This report covers a 4 year period from 2003 to 2007. Data is annualized. NO deaths due to home invasions.
bjs.gov/content/pub/ascii/vdhb.txt
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*An estimated 3.7 million burglaries occurred each year on average from 2003 to 2007. 
*A household member was present in roughly 1 million burglaries and became victims of violent crimes in 266,560 burglaries. 
*Simple assault (15% or 155,400) was the most common form of violence when a resident was home and violence occurred. 
*Robbery (7% 72,520) and rape (3% 31,080) were less likely to occur when a household member was present and violence occurred. 
*Offenders were known to their victims in 65% or 2,405,000 of violent burglaries; offenders were strangers in 28%. 
*Overall, 61% of offenders were unarmed when violence occurred during a burglary while a resident was present. About 12% 8,702 of all households violently burglarized while someone was home faced an offender armed with a firearm. 
*Households residing in single family units and higher density structures of 10 or more units were least likely to be burglarized (8 per 1,000 households) while a household member was present. 
*Serious injury accounted for 9% or 6, 527 people and minor injury accounted for 36% of injuries sustained by household members who were home and experienced violence during a completed burglary[/quote]

Not mentioned above, the vast majority of home invasions occur between 10am and 3pm when people are at work. And this doesn't take into account the neighborhood you're in AT ALL.

So lets take worst case scenario. 45% of burglaries/home invasions happen outside the hours of 6am - 6pm. So we're dealing with 450,000 possible burglaries that happen at night when the homeowners are present. There are about 125 million households in the US at any given moment in time. So you have a .3% chance of being the victim of a home invasion while you are present. For violence, lets use the same proportions, so roughly 120,000 violent nighttime home invasions. You have a .09% chance of that incident involving violence of any kind.

None of that incorporates the reduced rate of living in a safe low crime neighborhood or the fact that you have a dog.

So. is it worth having a relationship eroding constant fight over this? To me, no. I, like your husband, would be frustrated that I was trying but jumped all over every time I forgot like we narrowly escaped starring in a real like The Strangers. [/quote]

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