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Why does it seem like Americans are obsessed over home invasions? Do you have a lot of them? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Constantly see people online talk about "when the robber comes thru my door" or whatever, and some of it is memes, but a lot of it is just people legit discussing what the "best weapon" to fight robbers breaking into your house at night would be - Giving it so much thought as if it is a legitimate concern. So is it? Does it happen a lot?

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

people watch a lot of "true crime" shit. violent home invasion is also the major conflict in a lot of movies. honestly, if there was a list of widely-seen american movies where a violent home invasion happened and taken as a percentage of all widely-seen american movies, i bet that percentage would be considerably higher than the precentage of households that are ever violently invaded.

the only criminals i'm worried about coming through my door are cops. when they do, that's when the second, hidden steel door slams shut behind them and their problems begin.