What we are seeing is more press on the subject. Absent crime statistics to actually prove it, not so much.
Nonetheless the internet warrior uses his perception that there is an increase to justify his focus - on firearms as the solution. It's an firearms forums, we get posts on that a lot.
The real solution is security of lifestyle, property, and accessibility. If there seems to be more intrusions because people have more "stuff," consider that it's NOT more widespread, it's a certain demographic. OVERALL the public has less disposable income, the ranks of those in poverty increasing, more homeless, the middle class shrinking every year.
What we have is those in the middle and upper demographic with more stuff - who aren't being very smart about putting on the show. Drive thru McMansionville in a cleaner vehicle and nobody will get you a second look on Saturday morning when they have the garage door open to display their step tread aluminum toolchests, gun safes, and sport vehicles. In the evening the big screen TV is going right across from the picture window. I people are being broken in because they have more "stuff," it goes to showing it off for the public to notice.
Crime stats point out most burglaries occur because their was an advance man casing the house six weeks prior. You let him in - under pretense of other work - he got an idea of what could be reaped from an illegal entry, and the crew came to harvest.
Those dudes aren't walking 15 miles from the inner city to the suburbs and carrying it all back. They are equipped with vehicles and guns - they are not a street corner 'banger.' They prey on their neighbors as a living, and proximity to their hangout has a lot to do with who they invade.
It takes a ignoring a lot of security to let them in to case the joint, and a lot of hutzpah to display marketable wealth for them to be interested. If your security plan is going right, they don't get an idea you are worth ripping off because there is nothing to see when they come in or look thru the windows. If they can even get to them.
These guys are NOT acting on random targets. Don't be a target and they don't know about you. Keep valuables out of sight and you reduce your attractiveness.
What I see are posters who don't want to scale back their consumer display of wealth now wondering if others will take it away, and adopting lethal force as their only countermeasure. It's like establishing a forward base at the bottom of four hills and then having an administrative routine that ignores security. Are you setting yourself up for your own personal Wanat?
You can get pizza delivered faster, when seconds count the police are minutes away.
