Alright, fair point, if you advertise, make it known, or leave out in the open, you have something small and valuable, you are more likely to get robbed. One could say that about jewelry and electronics. That is why if I know someone is coming to work in my apt, I put away anything that looks like it would be an easy target later. (Firearms are already put away.)
The one person I know recently who was robbed was hit by the people he hired to move him. He is an IT guy with lots of computers and electronic doodads they came back for a week after moving him. They got caught, fortunately.
If you could point me to those stats, I’d appreciate it. If I had a big truck outside covered with gun stickers I could see how that makes one a target for both vehicle and house theft. A nondescript sedan with no stickers, and no outward indication of what is possessed inside shouldn’t have any more risk than the surrounding area. So this is where Op-Sec is important. You don’t advertise what may or may not be in your house/apt. In which case, the mere presence of the firearm doesn’t increase your chances of robbery, but the advertising of said firearm increases your chances of robbery.
