First, I want to say that this is one of the better BR episodes I've listened to, particularly because there's been little JJ talking and few (although never no) leading questions from the host(s), and the guest was well-spoken and offered relevant information.
Having done quite a few deep dives myself, and having arrived at quite the opposite conclusion, I'm interested to hear how you've arrived at this.
I'm sure many will think this is disingenuous trolling on my part, but I assure you it's a legitimate question.
Just taking a quick Google, for example...
https://www.creditdonkey.com/home-in...tatistics.html
1 million home burglaries with occupants present, and 27% (270,000) of those becoming the victim of a violent crime
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...lds-in-the-us/
126,220,000 households in the US, so .80% of homes are burglarized while occupied, and 0.2% of homes burglarized where the resident becomes a victim, or 270,000 homes total
https://www.quora.com/How-many-peopl...ons-every-year
Simple assault (15% or 155,400)
Robbery (7% 72,520)
leaving 42,000 unaccounted for, but "rape (3% 31,080)", so really 11,000 remaining from which some number are presumably killed
I readily admit that this number was higher than even I would have expected, but not terribly much so, and certainly not "extremely common".
There is also, from this data, no real way of differentiating "normal folks" from those that are living risky lifestyles involving other illegal activity such as one of the occupants or visitors being involved in drugs or gangs, for example.
it *is* however far more victims than drowning in pools (a common point of comparison in the pro-gun argument)
https://www.edgarsnyder.com/swimming...tatistics.html
"3,536 people died from drowning annually from 2005 to 2014"
of course this is death, and I don't have the statistic for number of home invasions that resulted in the death of the occupants, only the 11,000 victims from which we don't know their victimhood
As additional reference for comparison...
https://www.asecurelife.com/home-accident-statistics/
Falls are the leading cause of home injury deaths with nearly 6,000 lives claimed per year
The second leading cause of home injury death is poisoning. It