Post by emolas on Jan 30, 2009 2:34:39 GMT -5
can you imagine a merchant letting such a person into his shop?
or a tavern keeper letting such a person into their inn?
asking to be robbed.
I agree
Try walking into a liquor store sometime wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun on your hip. See if the store owner isn't hovering over the phone already dialing 9-1-1.
In reality, the vast majority of the people in town don't have weapons so just carrying a weapon raises your suspicion level. Then when you add a mask (or anything that conceals identity) you are drawing attention to yourself as a potential armed criminal. Why else would you hide your face? Anyone armed and masked should be treated as a probable criminal.
Armed doesn't necessarily mean drawn either. Anyone with a weapon medium or larger most likely won't be able to conceal it and therefore would be visibly armed.