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cb1000rider wrote:What do you think the actual chances are of violence after compliance if they're not 50/50? I choose to believe what I do because I think that most common robberies aren't necessarily life threatening. I believe it's both easier and less risky (on average) to comply. Then again, being pushed, hit, shoved - those things are likely - maybe I'll feel different as I get older and those things become more substantial threats.

Abraham wrote:cb1000rider,
If assaulted, you think you might simply not have the resolve to defend yourself with a gun, and with respect, why carry it?

I didn't say that I wouldn't defend myself (or my family) with a gun against any assault, especially if I consider that assault a deadly threat. I'm also still reasonably physically capable, although I recognize that won't always be the case, so I think there might be in-between options. Using a firearm has complications, unfortunately, and for me it's not all or nothing. I simply said that I'm unwilling to shoot someone that deprives me of property in a robbery situation (excluding home invasion) as a default response. That's in contrast to BaldEagle, who indicates the opposite (not a criticism).

That also doesn't mean I wouldn't support someone else's right to make a different choice in defending themselves.

misterlarry wrote:I would never shoot anyone over theft of property, however, I have no problem properly defending myself against the stated or implied threat of what will happen to me if I do not surrender my property to a thief.