[finalgrunt]

Originally Posted by Andrew Jackson [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

because we live in a dystopic hellscape with high unemployment and tons of criminals looking to beat down your door kill you rape your wife and steal your tv

Urban legends. People who break in, want to steal. They go for empty / vacant houses.
That's why they mostly occur during summer/vacation & day time. They don't want confrontation. They don't want attention. A good security/alarm system is what you want, and good locks for your windows / doors.

If you read the news, you'll find out family slaughters mostly happen when a man in the house goes crazy (elder son, father, grand father) with a gun, hammer, knife. Imo, any good mother should make sure there is no gun around an unstable / depressive husband.