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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by alamortsubite on Friday September 03, 2021 @04:41PM (#28409154)
So given the opportunity, Texan bystanders with guns would shoot unarmed shoplifters?
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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by pandemicsyn on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:04PM (#28409397)
Nah, a big section of the class you take to get your LTC (we don't have a CCW) covers just how screwed you would be if you did so.

...but...theres dumb people everywhere, so when you decide to shop lift in Texas the risk profile is certainly different than it is in CA.

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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by alamortsubite on Friday September 03, 2021 @06:15PM (#28410023)
"There's dumb people everywhere, so when you shoplift in Texas" reads a lot like like "Texan bystanders would shoot shoplifters."
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Re:Retailers are spending millions to combat organized theft... by kook_throwaway on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:10PM (#28409457)
Why on earth would you jump straight to that conclusion? Even if the firearm was drawn, which is a huge if assuming the carrier was attacked, almost all defensive gun uses end before a shot is fired.

Someone carrying a firearm should be more willing to nonviolently confront a thief than someone that's unarmed.

https://reason.com/2018/04/20/cdc-provides-more-evidence-tha...

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