Posted on 10/10/2014 5:15:26 AM PDT by marktwain
In the United States, armed citizens are seldom robbed. When they are, it is usually because the robber does not know that they are armed, and simply makes a mistake in victim selection. That may be what happened with a Illinois police officer. It happened on 7 September, 2014. From wgntv.com:
An off-duty Harvey Police Officer is in critical condition after being attacked and robbed.It is noteworthy that the officer was off duty when robbed. Very likely, the criminal did not know if he were armed. Criminals do not want to be shot, so they avoid armed victims. Criminal surveys have confirmed this fact. From The Armed Criminal in America:
It happened around 3:00am this morning near 59th and Lake Shore Drive, at the nearby harbor.
The officer was reportedly hit in the head with a gun, before his gun and badge were stolen.
Fifty-six percent of the felons surveyed agreed that “A criminal is not going to mess around with a victim he knows is armed with a gun;” 74% agreed that “One reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot.”Of course, it is hard to determine if these numbers are accurate. Criminals lie, and the desire to "look tough" and appear fearless very likely suppressed the numbers. I suspect the actual percentages to be much higher.
A 57% majority agreed that “Most criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police.” In asking felons what they personally thought about while committing crimes, 34% indicated that they thought about getting “shot at by police” or “shot by victim.”
This is a good example of an armed citizen having their weapon stolen...
Guess I’m missing the point, what would a bad example be?
No good can happen to ANYONE walking around at 3am in Chicago and why was an off duty officer, who should know better, doing that?
Was he looking for someone, someplace or someTHING?
Hell’s butthole, one of several!
Probably a payoff gone bad.
Only cops and military should carry guns because they are trained professionals and not untrained, stupid civilians. Right — snort!
My point is that even police officers have their guns stolen at times.
Probably not as clear as I could have made it.
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