D.C. a little safer (I hope).

[bluecuracao]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

Good thing for him that he did; depending on the jurisdiction a court would probably have convicted him of ADW. Sounds like a real knucklehead...I bet his weapon wasn't legally carried.

No, it wasn't legal, he was in DC. And in this case, carrying a gun did not keep the guy from being robbed in the first place. Similar to a neighbor of mine in a recent incident in Philly--he carried a (legal, this time) firearm, yet was still robbed of his jewelry. This man apparently was not up on the various "Conditions," being out and about at two in the morning in the first place.

Then the fact that he was blindsided doesn't speak to the issue, no matter how "street-wise" you think he is. The assertion was that being armed doesn't matter.

It does speak to the issue--whether or not he was armed didn't matter, because he didn't have the opportunity to access anything, not even to reach in his pocket to give up his wallet.