Reply #101: Would have, could have...didn't [View All]

The Chuck Norries and revenge was another's case against CCW. As was the demonstrated need the same person's justification for limited CCW.

She could not reach the building.


No claim was made of guaranteeing safety...bettering odds. Choosing to carry also involves weighing the danger to which one may expose oneself.

How many will not be victimized by these thugs due to her action.

No shots fired, displaying the weapon was sufficient...a point often contested.

One makes much of one's own luck...I would call it situational awareness.

As has been noted, thugs aren't generally known for intelligence.


"Given what we now know of how less than firm the would-be robbers' resolve was, it's at least as likely that the armed robbery itself, had it occurred, would not have escalated beyond the brandishing of a weapon and theft."

And she would have been a victim. Bottom Line.
She may have been dead. Can't mind read the thugs intent either.