>If you reject both, it will only result in more innocent people getting hurt or killed and crimes going unsolved.
I don't see this is true. There is few cameras in Germany and even fewer historically, while there is still pretty strict gun laws and the vast majority of the population does not own a gun. What's not rampant, however, is violent home invasions. Sure, non-violent burglaries are on another card, but that's just stuff, and often insured stuff. Even then, "pro" burglars long adapted to cameras (wear masks) and stuff like fingerprinting (wear gloves). What they didn't fully adapt to yet is that nice little spying device called their own mobile phone.
I guess it depends on where you live. If you live in a place full of irrational tweekers, failed by society, who are out of their mind, looking for a quick score to fuel their drug habit, who don't mind getting extremely violent...
But if you just have "regular" burglars around, they will try to avoid other people, and even if they break in while somebody is at home, they will most often fuck off real quick because a confrontation does not only put the home owner at risk, it also puts THEM at risk (a home homer coming at your burglar ass with a huge kitchen knife is still something you will want to avoid). At least our local burglars will fuck off when they notice somebody is at home.
I don't see this is true. There is few cameras in Germany and even fewer historically, while there is still pretty strict gun laws and the vast majority of the population does not own a gun. What's not rampant, however, is violent home invasions. Sure, non-violent burglaries are on another card, but that's just stuff, and often insured stuff. Even then, "pro" burglars long adapted to cameras (wear masks) and stuff like fingerprinting (wear gloves). What they didn't fully adapt to yet is that nice little spying device called their own mobile phone.
I guess it depends on where you live. If you live in a place full of irrational tweekers, failed by society, who are out of their mind, looking for a quick score to fuel their drug habit, who don't mind getting extremely violent...
But if you just have "regular" burglars around, they will try to avoid other people, and even if they break in while somebody is at home, they will most often fuck off real quick because a confrontation does not only put the home owner at risk, it also puts THEM at risk (a home homer coming at your burglar ass with a huge kitchen knife is still something you will want to avoid). At least our local burglars will fuck off when they notice somebody is at home.