Here, if someone knows you have guns in your house they'll find a way to steal them when you're not home. Guns in homes are not a deterrant.
This is not true. Have you every had to defend your home?
Back in the 80's I lived a kind of rough area. Lots of crime and breakins. One night while my exwife and I wwere in bed someone tried to come in one of my windows. They knew we were home. I heard some little decorative glass bottles fall and I grabbed my model 94 30-30. Even though it was unloaded I racked the action. No mistaking that sound in the dark. They "crook" jumped back through the window and left hand marks down the white aluminum siding. when the cops showed up they said that I handled it perfectly. I lived there for 5 more years and never had any more trouble at all. The word was out to leave the crazy dude in the white house alone.
this is what I plan to do...I have ammo, but if I have an intruder...I think this by itself will do the trick....the 38-40 will sound excactly the same...and its on the wall in the master bedroom.
