Maybe, maybe not, but at least you have a choice. Rather than curling into the fetal position and hope/pray that all they do is steal your cash and jewelery. Cause god forbid you actually stand up for yourself against wrongdoing.
Let's evaluate two scenarios, in both baddies enter your house forcefully.
Scenario A, guns are easy to get. The baddies have guns, you have guns. The baddies already have their guns in their hands, you may be some distance away from yours. If they want to just rob you then reaching for your gun will get you shot. If they want to shoot you then you will get shot regardless of what you do. Result: Reaching for your gun will get you shot, not reaching for your gun may get you shot.
Scenario B, guns are hard to get. The baddies may have guns, you have no guns. Again, if they want to shoot you then they will just shoot you. If they just want to rob you then they will just rob you. Not having a gun saves you from getting shot in case two.
"Having a choice", "Standing up for yourself", or "Standing up against wrongdoing" may sound all brave, heroic, patriotic, whatever - but it will get you shot.
Of course your going to pay for damages that YOUR KID cause, because it is your kid. Foolish argument. But lets use your example but with another kid taking your car. should you be responsible for that? That gets a bit dicier, I will admit, but I don't think so.
Over here you are partially responsible to what happens with your car if you leave the keys in the ignition. If it is your kid you are properly fucked because the entire blame is on you, if it is someone else you usually only get part of the blame.
In my post the fact that it is your own kid is less important than the fact that you left the keys in the ignition - feel free to substitute "your kid" with "any kid" in your mind. The key word here is
part of the blame, usually the kid's parents get most of it.
There appears to be a tendency towards people demanding sources, so here is the corresponding law:
http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvo/__14.html - Roughly translated "You have to secure your vehicle against unauthorized use".
I am too lazy to find out if a similar law exists elsewhere, but I wouldn't be too surprised if it did. On top of the law, I'm fairly certain that no insurance will pay for a stolen car if the keys were left in the ignition either :lol: