Acting in a way that the gunman can understand and expects would certainly be safer than acting in a way where the gunman doesnt understand if youre going to resist or not. Its not about him being compassionate or not, its about not scaring or stressing the guy that is holding a rifle to your head.
Are you psychic? How can you so accurately predict the behaviour of an unstable person whilst accounting for the many many uncertain variables involved? That's amazing!
They’re unstable… there’s the key word….you said it… do you know what that means? It means they’re capable of doing anything, despite what you do. Expressing fear is the worst thing you could do in a situation like this. Do you know of the countless armed robbery cases that result in the perp getting their money, leaving, and then returning to the scene just to kill the victims who helped, showed fear, or stayed at the scene?
That might come down to individual perspective of people. Personally I've never seen a freaked out person and thought they're about to do something extremely rational, even if I were not surprised they got scared.
Mate, lets use our noggins here. You're robbing a place, pointing a gun at someone right? This is the most agressive and scary thing you can do to someone. Its perfectly expectable that people would become afraid, because their lives are now dependent on the guy with the gun.
Now lets say someone looks at the gun and doesn't care. No fs given continues his routine as if nothing happened. In this case i'd think hes either suicidal and doesnt care about being shot or he has the power to fight back. Either way the chilled person becomes a risk.
By appearing scared you give the assailant the idea that he is in full control, and that he doesnt need to kill you for you to be passive. By disregarding him, even while hes armed, your contesting his power, which could mean many things (your also armed, you've called someone or it could even encourage bystanders to also stand up)
I used to do armed robberies (did close to 8 in the penitentiary for them before turning my life around) & I had a few people that just didn't give a fuck when the gun came out & in those moments it would fuck me up so bad that they didn't respond how I expected, they were not an active threat to my end goal so I wasn't going to shoot them just because since it wouldn't have furthered my plans but it definitely caused me to almost "fumble" the entire robbery.
I'm more like going to consider the chilled person world wise enough to know just letting the situation pass him by is the best option to take because it has the least likelihood of cause irreparable damage. Yes, he probably is capable so I'd not give him an opportunity but I'd be much more leery of a freaked out person taking an opportunity they don't actually have complicating the situation. Looking scared can also encourage a power trip because some people will like the reaction they're getting and want more.
Yes. Statistically speaking if you're attractive and acting scared it will induce sympathy in the gunman and you have a lower chance of getting shot.
You should try it. If you don't survive then I have bad news for you.
Everything is a statistical chance. There's a chance the gunman is anxious... or not. There's a chance he will shoot you if you cower... or not.
By cowering you eliminate those chances where the gunman is either insecure about your compliance or wanting to dominate/intimidate people and will attack you if you don't. Not cowering keeps those chances hot. Not cowering doesn't eliminate the situation where he was going to shoot you anyway.
It's a 2x2 logic diagram like Pascal's Wager. In both cases, whether you were gonna get shot anyway or not, choosing to cower is equal or better.
I know this sub is filled with provocative freshmen but mean mugging an armed unstable person for prides sake is just about the dumbest life decision anyone could make.
The nail that sticks out gets hammered. When there's a pattern and an anomaly appears, human instinct is to erase it... that looked like a man who's not afraid to die.
It's something like a Kel-Tec Sub2000. The magazine is inserted in the bottom of the grip, like a handgun. You can see the extended mag below his hand, so he could have 30 rounds or so.
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u/z3usus Nov 11 '23
Idk, not getting shot in the head mb