300+ teens attack pedestrians on Chicago's Magnificent mile. 28 arrested

[pipoman]

122. No doubt..

some don't like it, but there is a deterrent in knowledge that some portion of the population can defend themselves with bad results coming to the attacker...some criminal types are willing to throw caution to the wind..the deterrent value comes from those who reasonably weigh the risks and hear occasional stories of someone being severely injured or killed while attempting to victimize a weaker victim...crimes of opportunity with little risk are attractive to many desperate people..add risk and the number who will try it are fewer.

I remember a string of armed liquor store robberies in my state back in the 1990's...before anyone could carry guns concealed. I was selling wholesale whiskey at the time and knew a couple of the victims. One morning a liquor store was robbed and the store owner killed the armed robber. About 2 days later another armed robber was killed in the same area. It turned out that the first guy shot was a copycat of the 2nd guy who had robbed 3 or 4 successfully before being killed. It was 2 years before I heard of another armed liquor store robbery and they are still rare. I believe it is still a deterrent in that area..