[libstripper]

That's one of the great beauties of owning any AK or AK variant (I own a VEPR II)--the homies from the "hood" and all the other bad guys know exactly what they look like, understand what can be done with their fire power, admire the weapons, and are afraid of them. Hence, an AK or AK variant gives its law abiding user a tremendous leg up in a really bad situation like this, an advantage that usually makes actual shooting unnecessary.

[BorisTheBulletDodger]

Thats actually one of the primary reasons I bought a WASR-10 variant. It aint pretty and its deffinately no AR-15 but you cant mistake the silhouette for anything else. Slap a bayonette on the end of it (if you have the lug for it) and you have yourself one very effective looter deterrant.