In short your idea of deterrence is wait until the guy is in your home with a gun and THEN deter him. My best deterrence has been to live in good, active neighborhoods.
The last gun violence I know of in Weehawken is years ago when two cops pulled their guns on each other over who got the cop car with the working airconditioning. No shots were fired. I don't remember any shots in the 19 years I've lived here.
The biggest controversy here in the last year was whether or not George Clooney made an illegal pass when he got in an accident.
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Because of it's obvious presence, certainly a large dog is a good deterrent. But as another thread on this board pointed out, a large dog is not always a viable option for apartment dwellers for a large number of reasons.
Well ... People in small apartments shouldn't have powerful guns either. Where's the bullet going to go if you miss the "perp"? Or if you drop the thing and it accidently goes off?
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From a recent 20/20 or 60Minutes episode (I don't remember which) it was stated that the majority of illegal guns in NYC come from legal purchases just across state lines and are illegally brought back into NY state. The numbers quoted far exceeded the use of stolen handguns.
Until I get some cited facts I can present for him to rebutt, I'll stick with the info I got directly from a former Brawley prosecutor.
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The criminal use of firearms is a fact of life. Further outlawing and banning of firearms only insures that criminals will be the only ones armed.
What are you babbling about? I never said that they should ban guns. Personally, I would like them all licensed and nationally tracked. But, if criminals were the only ones with hand guns, it might be much easier to figure out who they are. And, just let the cops shoot when they see one.
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When it comes right down to it and your life is being threatened by a criminal with a firearm, you can have your large dog and your 911, I'd rather have my Remington 870. But that is just my opinion.
Personally, I don't have a dog and I only have old target pump guns from my youth.
Everyone I know who was accosted by a crook with a gun and/or knife, including those whose apartments or offices were invaded, just gave up their stuff and lived.
Two were armed and taken by surprise. Of course, you'd wouldn't be 
The only people I know who were killed in gun fire were bystanders in gang violence such as my sister's ex-brother-in-law who was shot on a Miami street when two passing cars emptied their guns on each other and missed.
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BTW: Right below my ADT Security sticker is another that says "NRA Life Member". If that's not enough to scare away a bugler then he deserves what he gets by breaking into my home.
I had stickers I got in the early 80s that has a gun laying on top of a rolled out Constitution from a second amendment lobby group. It says that "the owner of this property is armed and prepared to protect life, liberty and property."
I've been robbed at gun point just as many time with as without the sticker on my door. None.
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