[yorkietalkjilly]

I am such a coward that if I were going to have to patrol a neighborhood that had had robberies, I would carry a gun. When you read about the Petit robbery in Connecticut which was a robbery that "got out of control" as one of the robbers said - a robber who turned rapist, child molester, arsonist and killer who forced a female robbery victim to go to the bank as her daughters stayed at home with a robber, take out money, molested a daughter of the family and took pictures of her, raped the mother after tying her to the bed, then shot to kill every member of the family & burned the bodies & the house. That robbery was just supposed to be a "simple" robbery but you realize after reading news stories of many robberies gone wrong that anyone out to rob a house can turn into a very deadly criminal themselves. Many robberies turn into far worse crimes when a person is found to be home. I would fear a potential robber as much as any criminal. I don't know how basic neighborhood watch volunteers can go out and look for criminals and not be scared silly - I sure would. And I would take a gun along if I patrolled looking for potential robbers.