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<blockquote data-quote="trade_sniper" data-source="post: 1737213" data-attributes="member: 640"><p>I agree. Criminals want an easy mark. As has been said on here many times, walk with purpose, be observant of your surroundings. Just these simple steps will deter most. They want something easy, in and out quick with the least likelyhood of them getting caught, shot or having to fight for their free meal. They want someone who doesn't have their keys out, texting on their phone, completely oblivious to their presenece allowing them to get within tic-tac distance before they are discovered. </p><p></p><p>Just like most of nature, even top predators will pass on a possible meal if they figure that they might get injured during the take down. An injury could mean death for them. </p><p></p><p>Like that story in Ohio, the guy OC'ing while pumping gas probably deterred those 3 guys from robbing that convenience store because one of them saw his weapon while he was filling up, turned right around and got back in the car, called his buddy that was already in the store casing the place (he had already given the thumbs up to one of the 2 others signaling them to come inside), guy inside answered his phone and immediately left the store and all three drove away.</p><p></p><p>I don't plan to OC all the time, but occasionally would be nice and also would keep me from getting in a sticky situation if I exposed my concealed weapon. But I also have to think about the fact that I'd much rather deter a crime getting ready to happen just because I was OC than to have to defend my life if necessary with a concealed weapon. I prefer to never have one of these encounters, but if I must and I lived in a perfect world and had such a choice, I'd much rather deter without ever having to draw my weapon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trade_sniper, post: 1737213, member: 640"] I agree. Criminals want an easy mark. As has been said on here many times, walk with purpose, be observant of your surroundings. Just these simple steps will deter most. They want something easy, in and out quick with the least likelyhood of them getting caught, shot or having to fight for their free meal. They want someone who doesn't have their keys out, texting on their phone, completely oblivious to their presenece allowing them to get within tic-tac distance before they are discovered. Just like most of nature, even top predators will pass on a possible meal if they figure that they might get injured during the take down. An injury could mean death for them. Like that story in Ohio, the guy OC'ing while pumping gas probably deterred those 3 guys from robbing that convenience store because one of them saw his weapon while he was filling up, turned right around and got back in the car, called his buddy that was already in the store casing the place (he had already given the thumbs up to one of the 2 others signaling them to come inside), guy inside answered his phone and immediately left the store and all three drove away. I don't plan to OC all the time, but occasionally would be nice and also would keep me from getting in a sticky situation if I exposed my concealed weapon. But I also have to think about the fact that I'd much rather deter a crime getting ready to happen just because I was OC than to have to defend my life if necessary with a concealed weapon. I prefer to never have one of these encounters, but if I must and I lived in a perfect world and had such a choice, I'd much rather deter without ever having to draw my weapon. [/QUOTE]
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