| binary solo said: No, if a criminal thinks his mark might be armed he'll attack first, rather than simply go for the stick up. The opportunist criminal might be deterred if he thinks there's a high chance of the mark being armed, but the career criminal will simply have different strategies. |
Did you just suggest that a criminal will shoot first if he believes his target is armed? Do you really think a criminal is not aware of the charge difference between assault with a deadly weapon and first degree murder?
Convenience store clerks have a high weapon carry rate yet do we see the average criminal walk in and shoot first because of the probability the clerk is armed? No.
The majority of armed criminals are opportunist criminals anyway. Even career criminals know to find targets that are not likely to be armed...in fact, I'm pretty certain that career criminals are even more likely to avoid targets that are armed in the same way that career burglars tend to avoid houses that have alarms.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
