How many lives is your flatscreen worth?
Think quickly, your and your family’s life depends on your decision.
If criminals expect people to be armed - they'll move on to easier targets.
That’s objectively wrong and goes against every single study on the subject.
The best overall strategy for survival is to be cooperative and not surprise the attacker. Armed victims have a lower chance of survival because, again, they are not expecting the attack. If the victim starts a reaction, they usually get shot.
When every single citizen CAN be carrying a gun - the criminal WILL think twice before engaging in stupidity. If not the victim, then the random bystander or nearby family member can make a colander out of criminal engaging in active crime.
When possibility of this is present and political and legal system is supportive to keep our streets clean - the crime will cease or be reduced to minimal levels.
If they enter your house when your family is in, they are prepared for it. You are not.
Remember, it's a violent criminal we are talking about. Were it not a violent criminal, they'd stalk your house and wait for it to be empty. And still it'd be wise for them to expect whoever they find inside to be armed.
Armed citizens are not worth fooling with.