Not enough people in general in NOLa are carrying these days. And then college kids and tourists are the easiest targets, because they’re most likely not to be armed.
I honestly think some of these thugs are too stupid to even think about whether a potential victim is armed. And too stupid to identify a student or tourist. I really think they have a negative IQ.
Pre-Katrina my daughter lived on Jeannette St in NOLA, off-campus student housing. So you know we’re not talking upscale. Every student who lived in that bldg, except her, had their car broken into. Something to do with its being same age as her, I suppose. Then her luck ran out. They stole her CD player. Didn’t work! Yeah, THAT stupid.