I understood the previous posts to be discussing risk from the point of view of visiting clientele rather than store employees. However, I agree that in a store robbery, customers are usually incidental victims of opportunity rather than primary targets.seamusTX wrote:I am not saying that people should not be as prepared as they can be for anything that can go wrong anywhere, any time. Of course we should.
What I am trying to say is that for someone who thinks it is illegal to carry in a post office (which is not at all clear), going into one disarmed to mail a letter is a lot different from working in one.
The people who work in a store are far more likely to be targets than customers. Some robbers will wait until there are no customers, then commit their crime.
Of course robbers sometimes go after customers, but that is not common.
- Jim
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- Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:37 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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- Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:58 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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On a statistical basis, perhaps, but you won't find yourself 75% attacked. On a practical basis, your risk is either 100% or zero. it all depends on which minute(s) you choose.seamusTX wrote:The risk is proportional to the amount of time that you spend in a place.
What I understood the OP to be talking about was a retail establishment that also had post office boxes and maybe sold stamps and some similar functions. These places are private businesses.
Retail establishments are the most likely places to be robbed, especially those that are open early and late, have little traffic, and are quick-in-quick-out.
If you go in for one minute, you have much less risk than someone who works there all day.
- Jim
- Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:15 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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I never knew that only people who hung out at places for extended periods of time would become victims of attack.Oldgringo wrote:I apparently didn't understand the issue. It was my understanding that the OP was going to mail a letter or whatever one does at a PO. I missed the part about him/her hanging out for an extended period at the satellite PO.
What a CH licensed dolt I am !
Guess I'll have to shorten my visits.