Well hell, REOIV, using your logic we should just lock up our guns or turn them in as we're not all that likely to need them. For that matter, most of us aren't going to die in a traffic accident so lets forget the seatbelts as well.
You have missed what I was saying and gone straight to the "If you don't think this way then you're no better than a gun grabber." approach to gun debate.
I'm saying that for the vast majority of gun owners we never ever have to use our guns. (We say this all the time pointing out after every gun shooting 300 million other guns weren't used in a crime spree today.)
Being prepared for the unlikely to happen is one thing but being prepared for the unlikely of the unlikely is just ridiculous. It is mall ninja silly. Wearing a seat belt is like owning a gun.
Having a 5 point harness seat belt and fire retardant cloths and helmet on in case of an explosive accident is a bit much but there is a chance it could happen.
The prudent measure is to be prepared for the .0001%, but don't let that outside possibility rule our lives.
I might have to take .308 rounds to my back when leaving my golf cart to goto the slushy stand. So I wear two ceramic plates in the back of my mall security vest just in case.
I still contend that relying on the sound of racking a shotgun to be enough of a deterrent is bad tactics (thats not to say that bad tactics don't ever work ).
See here is the problem with what you and others are saying.
We say having a shot gun and racking it to put a round in it is enough a deterrent for most any intruder.
You guys seem to think we are saying "Playing a cassette tape of a shotgun being racked" will make intruders stay away.
Two WHOLLY different aspects.
No one is seriously suggesting the sound is enough of a deterrent. It is the sound plus the implied threat of force. Which works fine for the majority of situations.
As for those that ask for proof of the sound working, isn't that the same silly approach the gun-grabbers use when they say show us proof having a gun saved your life.
Many times it goes unreported or under reported.
Who calls the cops to say I scared some kids off my porch by racking my shotgun.
Or who says I had some hooligans near my house and I racked my shotgun and asked them to leave. Who the hell files the report on that?