That's why if you honestly feel that the attacker has no other interest but your wallet, it is the best choice to just give it to him. You can always replace your drivers license, your money and your credit cards. You can't always replace your health or your life.
If, however, you seriously believe that he may hurt or kill you, you have little to lose by resisting. You act compliant and reach for your wallet. When you instead pull your concealed weapon you shoot without hesitation.
You can successfully use a concealed firearm against a mugger. It is however a last choice in my opinion.
Victim Kills Would-Be RobberCREATED Aug. 14, 2009 - UPDATED: Aug. 18, 2009MILWAUKEE - A 23-year-old Milwaukee man was being robbed at gunpoint when he pulled out his own gun and fatally shot one of the suspects.
It all happened early Thursday near 1st and Clarke. The 23-year-old man was walking his girlfriend home when two teenagers pulled out a gun and tried to rob them.
But the victim also had a gun. He shot and killed one suspect, 17-year-old Kevin Ollie. Ollie's gun also went off, and he accidentally shot the other teen robber before he died.
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/53259052.html Would-be victim shoots, kills robber at Orange County carwashJanuary 10, 2009|By Willoughby Mariano, Sentinel Staff WriterGunfire at a South Orange Blossom Trail carwash Friday left a suspected robber dead at the hands of his intended victim, Orange County deputies said.
The attack took place about 6:40 p.m. when two men, one armed with a sawed-off shotgun, walked up to a customer inside a carwash bay at 5101 S. Orange Blossom Trail. They tried to rob the patron, but he pulled out a handgun and fired, striking one of his attackers, Cmdr. Paul "Spike" Hopkins said.
"The bad guy was killed, and this guy
is safe tonight," Hopkins said. Investigators did not release the names of those involved. The second suspect ran off and had not been found early today.
Friday's shooting was the second time in four days that a customer at an Orange County business shot and killed a robbery suspect.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-01-10/news/shoot10_1_robbery-orange-blossom-trail-suspected-robber Federal Agent Shoots Would-Be RobberThursday, Aug 5, 2010A pair of teenage robbery suspects picked the wrong would-be victim overnight Wednesday in San Francisco's Bayview District and now, one of those suspects is in a hospital in critical condition.
The two suspects approached a woman outside her apartment in the Bayview at about midnight and tried to rob her at gunpoint. But the woman -- a 36-year-old IRS agent -- pulled out her own gun and shot one of the suspects in the stomach.
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Off-Duty-Federal-Agent-Shoots-Would-Be-Robber-100026434.html Police: Victim Shoots Would-Be RobberMonday, October 26, 2009 5:31 PM GROVE CITY, Ohio — Police said that a robbery victim acted in self-defense when he shot a man who was trying to rob him late Monday morning.
The incident occurred at about 11 a.m. behind a Wendy's restaurant, located on Broadway.
Investigators told 10TV's Glenn McEntyre that a man was walking his dog when another man approached him with a gun and demanded his wallet.
The victim complied and then pulled out his own gun, shooting the robber, police said.
http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2009/10/26/story_grove_city_robbery.html?sid=102