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{{trope}}
When a sitcom protagonist has an encounter with crime they will become paranoid of everyone around them. They will take a self-defense class ([[Hilarity Ensues|you know what ensues]]) or buy a gun. In the latter case a trigger-happy random shootfest inevitably follows, and somebody gets shot in the foot. This usually turns into a [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]] about the dangers of attempting to defend oneself for any reason.
Not everyone needs to (or should) own a gun, and not everybody who owns one knows or cares how to use it responsibly. Some statistics show friends and relatives are shot more often than criminals, yet others also show that some areas with high gun ownership may have lower crime rates than areas with low gun ownership. In short, a lot relies on your interpretation of [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics]].
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* ''[[Family Ties]]''
* ''[[Growing Pains]]''
* ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', "Break In": The house is robbed while the Girls are out for an evening. Terrified, Rose buys a gun for protection. Rose accidentally shoots Blanche's very expensive vase, thinking that the burglar has returned when it was just Blanche and her date returning to the house.
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Rose: At least I didn't shoot Tom! (Blanche's date for the episode)
Blanche: I wish you'd have shot Tom! You shot my vase! }}
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' used this for drama. Will and Carlton were robbed; Will was shot, which set up a long recovery arc, and Carlton got paranoid and bought a revolver. Guess how well ''that'' went over...
* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' did this once, though it was actually neighbor Wilson that got robbed. In any case, imagine [[Tim Taylor Technology]] applied to a home security system and... yeah.
* ''[[7th Heaven]]'', after Annie and Matt are robbed at gunpoint. Matt reacted in the usual terrified way, suffering a [[Heroic BSOD]] the next morning, while Annie remained calm and strong as usual. However, later on Matt was getting better thanks to a support group while Annie unexpectedly broke down in tears a few nights later, and freaked out when she mistook a stranger giving back a pair of dropped sunglasses for an assailant.
* ''Mama's Family:''
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', "Mugged"
* ''[[Doug]]'', in the episode where Doug's bike gets stolen.
* Slight variation in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', (''Strong Arm of the Marge'') when Marge becomes a shut-in after having her necklace snatched. Eventually, she regains her self-confidence after using free weights, and pummels her attacker (earning Chief Wiggum's praise). However, she soon starts taking steroids, but [[Drugs Are Bad|that's a trope for another day...]]
** Less variable variation: in the episode "The Cartridge Family", after a particularly violent soccer riot, Homer buys a gun to protect his family. Marge becomes naturally worried, particularly with Homer acting ... well like Homer with a deadly weapon, and takes the kids to a motel, while Homer reasons there's no need to have a gun for protection when he has nothing to protect. The episode ends with Marge taking the gun and throwing it in the trash {{spoiler|Until she sees her own reflection with the weapon and decides to keep it for herself.}}
* ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' has the band refuse to go out in public after {{spoiler|they are attacked on-stage at the end of season one}}.
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