There were 3 murders within 6 blocks of my house in the last 1.5 years I lived there, and I was in a nice area (Mar Vista).

Only 1 murder reported in 2017.

So you're telling me there are more oscar winners that have been murdered than lottery winners?

Your quote sounds good in theory and I’m not against gun ownership but the societies who have more guns per capita also see more murders per capita.

There are no grand mysteries.

--George Bernard ShawOr then again:From childhood’s hour I have not beenAs others were—I have not seenAs others saw—I could not bringMy passions from a common spring—From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow—I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone—And all I loved—I loved alone—Then—in my childhood—in the dawnOf a most stormy life—was drawnFrom every depth of good and illThe mystery which binds me still—From the torrent, or the fountain—From the red cliff of the mountain—From the sun that round me rolledIn its autumn tint of gold—From the lightning in the skyAs it passed me flying by—From the thunder, and the storm—And the cloud that took the form(When the rest of Heaven was blue)Of a demon in my view—-- Edgar Allan PoeOr still:"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

Post these statements on a finance forum and you will get murdered.

Mystery solved

Murders are common and average 1+ a month.

No jobs to lose, different sources of income than working W2 for many.When the interest rates exceed the Cap Rates, some real estate investing will stop.When people lose portfolios to the lenders, some real estate investing will stop.When the cash in the economy mysteriously drys up (people have none of it when needed for basics for life), some real estate investing will stop.