Here is a hypothetical situation:
You are walking downtown in a not-so crowded area of town around 11:00PM when someone jumps out from behind a parked car, confronts you with a big knife and demands your wallet. You grab your trusty <insert favorite caliber here> <insert favorite brand of handgun here> from your <insert favorite method of concealed carry here> and prepare to defend yourself. The BG freezes at the sight of the gun. You now demand that he drop the knife and give you his wallet. The BG drops the knife, tosses his wallet in your general direction and, at your suggestion (or maybe not), turns and runs. Situation diffused, no shots fired. The police are notified. After they arrive, you explain what happened and point out the wallet sitting on the ground. (You never picked it up.) Do the police:
A) Arrest you for armed robbery, or
B) Thank you for getting the BG's ID?
You are walking downtown in a not-so crowded area of town around 11:00PM when someone jumps out from behind a parked car, confronts you with a big knife and demands your wallet. You grab your trusty <insert favorite caliber here> <insert favorite brand of handgun here> from your <insert favorite method of concealed carry here> and prepare to defend yourself. The BG freezes at the sight of the gun. You now demand that he drop the knife and give you his wallet. The BG drops the knife, tosses his wallet in your general direction and, at your suggestion (or maybe not), turns and runs. Situation diffused, no shots fired. The police are notified. After they arrive, you explain what happened and point out the wallet sitting on the ground. (You never picked it up.) Do the police:
A) Arrest you for armed robbery, or
B) Thank you for getting the BG's ID?