Indeed, the same as criminals are looking for people flashing money. Nobody has ever been robbed after flashing money right?.
Criminals are not on the lookout for money, jewelry or guns. They want to rob people who don’t have anything of value.
Criminals rob other criminals. Drug dealers rob other drug dealers. People are targeting and shooting cops. There have been stories about ArmsList robberies, and a gun owners being robbed after leaving the shooting range and gun shows. What makes these people have the false sense of security that it will not happen to them, and a gun displayed their hip is like kryptonite to criminals is beyond my comprehension.
Then there's the story of the conceal carrier who was robbed for is firearm in Wal-Mart. If I remember correctly, the conceal carrier very briefly flashed the grip of his gun, and the felon followed him into the bathroom where he, while unarmed, assaulted the conceal carrier, and ran off with his weapon.
Then there's the conceal carrier who was tackled by another customer inside Wal-Mart after the other customer saw the 62 year old conceal carrier "grabbed his handgun from his car and slipped it into a hip holster underneath his coat." The Wal-Mart shopper who tackled the man was inside the store when he seen this.
The victim, a 37-year-old Hampton man, told police he was robbed as he walked across Jefferson Avenue to the lot at the Windsor House after visiting a friend at the Travelers Inn. He was wearing his handgun in a holster, open carry, on his hip, Eley said.
https://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-man-open-carry-gun-hip-robbed-newport-news-story.html
The above robbery of an OC'er happened a few years back just 35 minutes away from me in Newport News, VA...
Tyler, 48, had a concealed-carry permit, but his handgun was plainly visible that night in his holster, Johnson said.
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The suspects walk in and one immediately reached for Mr. Tyler's gun," Johnson said. Tyler did not draw his weapon.
According to court papers, Smith took Tyler's gun during a struggle and shot Tyler in the chest after the victim chased Smith inside the store. Authorities said they could not confirm that Tyler was killed with his own gun until they get the results of forensics testing. They also are awaiting test results to show whether the gun used to kill Tyler was the one used to shoot Cosby.
https://www.richmond.com/news/teen-...cle_970e24e7-dd5d-57e7-8fb8-a64a0a2b26ba.html
I remember the above story when it was first reported. This happened in Richmond, VA which is the same city the gun rally just took place. The man who had a CCW permit decided to open carry, he was targeted because of it, and was killed with his own gun.
There have been story, after story, after story that I've heard over the years not even including people who have had the police called on them, yet the naysayers still insist that no one notices anything, no criminal would DARE try to rob someone who's OC'ing or printing, and OC'ing will forced others to become firearm friendly....
There's just more risk, problems, and unnecessary drama that comes with printing and open carry whether the ones who choose to want to accept that reality or not...