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by nsxwolf 804 days ago
These statistics do not help anyone create a reasonable personal risk assessment.

Murder is at an all time low! But my sister in law is a drug addict, and last year she got mad so her boyfriend shot and killed a family member right in their nice suburban foyer.

There's more to it than that.

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I'm sorry to hear that, but that does match my understanding that there's very few murders done by a random stranger in their own home.

Most people worrying about home invasions arent thinking about it being their niece.