OldMarksman
Staff
Posted by mavracer:
Second, unless their objectives include stolen guns, drugs, turf wars, or revenge, bad people in "the hood" are likely to leave the place to engage in criminal activity.
Third, we should not generalize based on preconceptions and believe that rough people lively in the cities. A recent treatise describes a "vast rural ghetto" extending from Arkansas to parts of upstate New York, where what drives the commerce is methamphetamines.
Fourth, if they happen to need to change vehicles, I don't see why any perp would opt against one simply because it happened to be driven by a redneck.
Fifth, are you confident that out of towners would be aware of the proximity of the police station?
One of the things about QuikTrips is that the are located to that they are conveniently accessible. Potential victims come in and out, and so can predators who target them.
QuikTrips are among the several kinds of establishments colloquially referred to as "Stop And Robs". I would be much more wary patronizing one in a rough neighborhood, but the self defense literature contains a lot of discussion about those located where a couple of highways intersect. The only time I have encountered trouble at one, it was out in the country. But I do stay away from the ones in bad areas.
And that brings us back to the topic at hand. The likelihood that one might be victimized by criminals on any one day is quite low; it is lower in some places than in others; and it is lower at some times of day than in others.
One can decide wether or not to mitigate the risk. Because mitigation is extremely easy, and because the potential consequences are extremely severe, I choose to mitigate it. In my case, my first approach is to be careful about where I go and when. The second is to be able to defend myself, should it come necessary.
But that has absolutely nothing to do with whether one would be best served carrying a firearm with five shots, six, seven, eight, or nine in that very unlikely event of need, and that was the question.
First, twenty miles is really a very short distance to travel by motorized conveyance.They don't drive 20 miles from the hood to accost the redneck at the Quick Trip that's a block away from the police station, ....
Second, unless their objectives include stolen guns, drugs, turf wars, or revenge, bad people in "the hood" are likely to leave the place to engage in criminal activity.
Third, we should not generalize based on preconceptions and believe that rough people lively in the cities. A recent treatise describes a "vast rural ghetto" extending from Arkansas to parts of upstate New York, where what drives the commerce is methamphetamines.
Fourth, if they happen to need to change vehicles, I don't see why any perp would opt against one simply because it happened to be driven by a redneck.
Fifth, are you confident that out of towners would be aware of the proximity of the police station?
One of the things about QuikTrips is that the are located to that they are conveniently accessible. Potential victims come in and out, and so can predators who target them.
QuikTrips are among the several kinds of establishments colloquially referred to as "Stop And Robs". I would be much more wary patronizing one in a rough neighborhood, but the self defense literature contains a lot of discussion about those located where a couple of highways intersect. The only time I have encountered trouble at one, it was out in the country. But I do stay away from the ones in bad areas.
Probably not very often.....so in reality no they aren't "here"
And that brings us back to the topic at hand. The likelihood that one might be victimized by criminals on any one day is quite low; it is lower in some places than in others; and it is lower at some times of day than in others.
One can decide wether or not to mitigate the risk. Because mitigation is extremely easy, and because the potential consequences are extremely severe, I choose to mitigate it. In my case, my first approach is to be careful about where I go and when. The second is to be able to defend myself, should it come necessary.
But that has absolutely nothing to do with whether one would be best served carrying a firearm with five shots, six, seven, eight, or nine in that very unlikely event of need, and that was the question.