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In article <7qhcve$qu2$1@agate-ether.berkeley.edu>,
dim@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (D. Gerasimatos) wrote:

> In article <37d17f38.1022257568@news.adaptivemedia.com>,
> Matt Nichols <mattn@adaptivemedia.com> wrote:
> >On 26 Aug 1999 20:29:20 GMT, dim@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (D.
> >Gerasimatos) wrote:
> >
> >>If I have good reason to believe that a person *might* be armed, then I'm
> >>going to assault him as if he was armed. It's that simple. As someone else
> >>alluded to, this leads to a "shoot first" mentality. 
> >
> >This scenario does not wash in real life, because the logic is that of
> >a military tactician, not a criminal. Criminals are generally of
> >sub-standard intelligence, and, more importantly, are by definition
> >lazy and cowardly. The only thing an armed person is going to inspire
> >a criminal (at least a common street criminal, which is generally what
> >we are talking about here) to do is to look for easier prey elsewhere.
> 
> 
> This is why firearms should not have to be concealed, then, right? Carry
> your weapon visibly and criminals will go hunt for easier targets. 

No!

Carry it openly, and criminals will *know* which few might be
a risk. They can then evade them and come back later, being able
to tell who is harmless to them, or else (theoretically) take out
only the one or possibly two who could pose them a risk, and leave
them free to shear the sheep remaining.

Better they remain uncertain, induce them to go into another line
of work, like selling insurance or politics.