Gun owners are actually more likely to be targeted for home invasion because guns are often the most valuable (in terms of being able to sell) item in the home. The literature on this is pretty unequivocal (with the exception of Richard Lott); guns in the home make you MORE likely to be a victim of violence. https://www.safewise.com/resources/guns-at-home/#:~:text=Today%2C%20however%2C%20there%20is%20a,do%20not%20make%20us%20safer.
Here's one paper on the subject: "Our analysis concludes that residential burglary
rates tend to increase with community gun prevalence." https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w8926/w8926.pdf
I wasn't using that study to be definitive, only illustrative of the literature. Here's another article: https://time.com/6183881/gun-ownership-risks-at-home/
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Gun owners are actually more likely to be targeted for home invasion because guns are often the most valuable (in terms of being able to sell) item in the home. The literature on this is pretty unequivocal (with the exception of Richard Lott); guns in the home make you MORE likely to be a victim of violence. https://www.safewise.com/resources/guns-at-home/#:~:text=Today%2C%20however%2C%20there%20is%20a,do%20not%20make%20us%20safer.
Here's one paper on the subject: "Our analysis concludes that residential burglary
rates tend to increase with community gun prevalence." https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w8926/w8926.pdf
I wasn't using that study to be definitive, only illustrative of the literature. Here's another article: https://time.com/6183881/gun-ownership-risks-at-home/