Just a silly thought. I was picturing a sculking thief, and how he might react to the sudden possibility his own life might be in jeopardy.
"No, I don't see any footprints, but there's a trail of some kind of brown substance leading off to those bushes ..."
ahhhhh...
I find that the sound of the racking of a pump or semiauto shotgun in 12guage produces that salutory effect on perps and the perp-minded.
Yah, Bob....Imagine what a woman with a gun can produce...especially of she takes "The Stance" and yells, "GET OUTTA THE CAR, DIRT BAG!"