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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1845464" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>No guns are allowed at the Washington State Fair, as the <a href="http://www.thefair.com/plan-your-trip/guest-services/" target="_blank">rules for the fair</a> make clear. <a href="http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Robbers-hit-3-times-near-the-State-Fair-327786521.html" target="_blank">Uncoincidentally</a>,</p><p></p><p>Robbery victim Leif Strom was walking in the 1000 block of 7th Avenue Southeast when he got held up. He and another worker at the State Fair were heading east toward home when confronted by four [black] men in a white Buick. …</p><p></p><p>Strom had just finished a 10-hour shift selling items at the fair and had been paid $100 in cash. …</p><p></p><p>Strom said the robber was only 5’8″ tall. Strom stand 6’6″ tall. Strom said the man’s gun made up for the size difference.</p><p></p><p>“I guess you feel pretty big when you have a gun,” he said.</p><p></p><p>Just 8 minutes later and a mile away on the complete other side of the fair grounds, two more pairs of State Fair workers were robbed at gunpoint. Police believe they were targeted by the same group of robbers.</p><p></p><p>According to the research done by Gary Kleck, armed resistance with a gun is less likely to result in injury to the victim than compliance, but unarmed resistance is more likely to result in the victim being injured.</p><p>In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Point-Blank-Guns-Violence-America/dp/020230762X" target="_blank">Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America</a>, the standard reference for criminological study on gun control, Table 4.4, resistance with a gun resulted in 17.4 percent injured. No self protection (compliance) resulted in 24.7 percent being injured. Physical resistance without a weapon resulted in 50.8 percent being injured.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1845464, member: 12952"] No guns are allowed at the Washington State Fair, as the [URL='http://www.thefair.com/plan-your-trip/guest-services/']rules for the fair[/URL] make clear. [URL='http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Robbers-hit-3-times-near-the-State-Fair-327786521.html']Uncoincidentally[/URL], Robbery victim Leif Strom was walking in the 1000 block of 7th Avenue Southeast when he got held up. He and another worker at the State Fair were heading east toward home when confronted by four [black] men in a white Buick. … Strom had just finished a 10-hour shift selling items at the fair and had been paid $100 in cash. … Strom said the robber was only 5’8″ tall. Strom stand 6’6″ tall. Strom said the man’s gun made up for the size difference. “I guess you feel pretty big when you have a gun,” he said. Just 8 minutes later and a mile away on the complete other side of the fair grounds, two more pairs of State Fair workers were robbed at gunpoint. Police believe they were targeted by the same group of robbers. According to the research done by Gary Kleck, armed resistance with a gun is less likely to result in injury to the victim than compliance, but unarmed resistance is more likely to result in the victim being injured. In [URL='http://www.amazon.com/Point-Blank-Guns-Violence-America/dp/020230762X']Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America[/URL], the standard reference for criminological study on gun control, Table 4.4, resistance with a gun resulted in 17.4 percent injured. No self protection (compliance) resulted in 24.7 percent being injured. Physical resistance without a weapon resulted in 50.8 percent being injured. [/QUOTE]
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