Why would anyone need several handguns?

[oldhippie]

133. I would say ....

... that "responsible for" and "contribute to" are two different things. The thief is responsible for the theft. Everyone contributes to crime merely by owning things to steal. The amount of effort needed by the thief to steal something is variable.

I keep most of my firearms in a safe. Most of them are not even touched for years, other than to wipe them down with oil once a year if I remember. But I have several guns scattered around the house in strategic locations that stay there all the time. I have no children in the house. None ever come to visit. I have very few visitors or guests. I have lived in this house in this neighborhood for 15 years. Some of my neighbors are cops and I am fairly well plugged into the LEO community in my city. As far as I know, there have been no reported burglaries or robberies in my neighborhood in the 15 years I have lived here.

So I see no need to lock up my nightstand or "behind the bedroom door" guns when I leave the house. Like most everything else, including the possibility of even needing a firearm, it is a matter of probabilities, which have to be evaluated and acted upon in accordance with one's own criteria.