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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a guy who people have tried to mug on 3 different occasions over the last 25 years and all 3 times he has given the mugger/muggers the beat down. He is not particularly large or physically intimidating but is obviously very well trained in self defense.  He has always noted that had any of his would be assailants been armed he would have complied with their requests.  Since they were not, and, in at least the instance I observed, one of the attackers hit him,   he let them have it.  Not sure why I posted this here but it popped into my head when I saw the thread title. [/quote]

Guns are so prevalent these days I'm not sure any criminals go to the effort of strong arm robbery. [/quote]

You don’t have the slightest idea what you’re talking about. Street guns are expensive, may or may not come with ammunition, are significantly harder than you might think to conceal and (even in DC) can result in prosecution, including federal prosecution for possession by a felon.

Street robberies tend to be relatively impulsive, and the perpetrators rely on what they perceive to be their physical advantages, such as larger size and weight and greater strength. They not infrequently rely on strength of numbers as well. They also use weapons of opportunity (“hit in the head with a brick” is not just an expression.

Depending on how low any given street criminal has fallen economically or otherwise, a key reason they are unlikely to have a gun is that they pretty much don’t have anything except the clothes in their back, the rest having gone to the drug dealer, been stolen from them, etc. [/quote]

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