Any "thug" will tell you that the one thing they fear most is running into an armed "victim". They are less afraid of arrest than of trying to rob (or assault or rape) someone who may pull a concealed gun on them.
I've drawn my gun 3 times and fired once. The one time I fired it was a warning shot but it did the job. In all three cases had I not been armed I would definitely have been robbed and possibly even attacked or killed. One of the times I drew, I was working as a pizza delivery driver which is a job notorious for being robbed. I was working in a small town and word does get around. After that incident, other drivers both at my company and at others in that town got robbed and one was even beaten badly but I never had another problem. I also drew my gun and fired at someone sneaking around my yard one night in the same small town. That was the warning shot and I fired because instead of running away, he turned and reached quickly for his midsection. In a situation like that you could only assume that he was going for a gun and I did see light reflect from something shiny. So I fired a shot from my .45 right over his head. Never had any more trespassers after that. I'm pretty certain of that fact, since I didn't lock my doors for the entire 3 years I lived at that apartment and many times when the weather was nice at night I slept with the door open.
You anti-gunners will never convince me that giving up my guns is going to do anyone any good whatsoever. Tell you what. Go out and get all the illegal guns off the street first and I'll be the first in line to hand you mine.
Col. Bendrr, licensed to carry concealed. you guess when.
