Why England Has Lots of 'Home Invasion' Burglaries and America Doesn't

"Criminals, unsurprisingly, would rather break into a house where they aren't at risk of being shot. As David Kopel noted in a 2001 article in The Arizona Law Review, burglars report that they try to avoid homes where armed residents are likely to be present. We see this phenomenon internationally, too, with the United States having a lower proportion of ?hot? burglaries ? break-ins where the burglars know the home to be occupied ? than countries with restrictive gun laws." (New York Times link)