The recent spate of this kind of event has me thinking. Maybe it's me, and maybe it's because I'm more keyed in on firearms. Seems like more shop owners are carrying than ever. Again, maybe it's just because I'm noticing more. But if that's the real trend, more businesses arming themselves, then what is the next step? (Oh I should emphatically declare that I am totally in favor of arming stores and people) This is more an exercise in what if. So if thieves feel that the crime of opportunity has left the convenience store, what is the next target? I'm thinking it's going to be other stores first. Maybe less lucrative, but still. Then maybe there is an uptick it mugging? I wonder.
Please don't think of this as argument for any kind of gun control. I'm just wondering if in the next years we see an uptick in home invasions etc. Just a thought exercise.