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Old September 19, 2005, 12:28 PM   #17
progunner1957
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IMHO, the prospective victim's bearing - the way they carry themselves - is more of a deciding factor than clothing.

Take a SpecOps guy - SEAL, Green Beret, Force Recon, take your pick - put him in a tee shirt, shorts and athletic shoes, with no military uniform or insignia, nothing other than a military hair cut to give him away and put a gold Rolex on his wrist.

Then take a 75 year old man who has been seen by the attacker stuffing a handfull of cash in his pocket from cashing his social security check.

Which of these two will the mugger target? The 75 year old man, every time. Much less "reward" to be had (the cash is worth maybe 1/25th the value of the gold Rolex), but much less risk to be taken, too.

Criminal predators may be too lazy to work for an honest living, but they are not dumb when it comes to target selection - most of 'em that is.

Just my thoughts - BTW, maybe the 75 year old man is carrying a Glock and can... "make the world a better place" when the thug comes at him
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