[Gerfang]

Pacifist or not, it’s a dumb idea have a shoot out with a mugger. Yeah, you might win, but you might loose. The $50 in your wallet along with the 20 minutes it will take to cancel your credit cards aren’t worth taking that sort of chance. Its one thing if you feel your life is in danger, but playing hero can have tragic results.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Well,

I would rather have a shoot out with a mugger than be empty handed and shot by an armed mugger. It's called leveling the playing field.

[Beckwith]

I guess you didn't read the case.

... and then Tony shot them both twice in the chest and picked up the loot and stepped back into the shadows.

This particular mugger knew he would murder the couple. "Playing hero" (your description) was the only way to have any chance, AT ALL, of you or your wife surviving this encounter.

[ctdonath2]

Sorry, how did the story end for Jack and Jill Pacifisto in the lead post? That's a reflection of reality for many.

When it's about "your money or your life", it's not about the money anymore.