Robber with a sawed off shotgun

[sgtmac_46]

Well the police did note the calm demeanor of the robber as he approached and escorted the clerk into the store, noting him as very calm and judging him to be very dangerous. Full of resolve and determination to get in and get out with what he wanted.
The store had been robbed previously before and it seems that the clerk's attitude was... "well, here we go again...sigh!" If it was him that was robbed before then he knew the best way to go was to just do what was asked and give no crap on the situation. Fortunately for him the whole thing was over in less than a few minutes.

There is some truth to that, but one should make clear that visual aggitation is a sign defensive aggression and poorly trained and experienced predatory aggression.........which displays itself as physical autonomic arousal.

Effective predatory aggression shows no signs of physical arousal..........the most dangerous people are the ones who display absolutely zero arousal..........even as they murder you!

One should examine the case of the infamous, and now defunct, founder of the Crips street gang, Stanley 'Tookie' Williams, and his experience with a store clerk.....

Transcripts show that next Coward and Sims followed Williams and Darryl to the 7-Eleven market located at 10437 Whittier Boulevard, in Whittier, California. The store clerk, twenty-six year old Albert Lewis Owens, was sweeping the store at 7:42 p.m. in the parking lot. When Darryl and Sims entered the 7-Eleven, Owens put the broom and dustpan he was using on the hood of his car and followed them into the store. Williams and Coward then followed Owens into the store. Court records show that as Darryl and Sims walked to the counter area to take money from the register, Williams walked behind Owens, pulled the shotgun from under his jacket and told Owens to "shut up and keep walking."[4]
While pointing the shotgun at Owens’ back, Williams directed him to a back storage room and ordered him to lie down. Coward said that he next heard the sound of a round being chambered into the shotgun. He then heard a shot and glass breaking, followed by two more shots. Records show that he shot out a security monitor and then killed Owens, shooting him twice in the back at point blank range as he lay prone on the storage room floor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Williams#Botched_robbery

Complete calm on the part of the suspect, complete compliance on the part of the victim........

 

[Deaf Smith]

Complete calm on the part of the suspect, complete compliance on the part of the victim........

And that is why whenever you are threatend with a weapon you just can't guarantee the robber isn't a cold blooded killer. So you are in fear of your life.

Deaf

 

[Andy Moynihan]

Well, it's as Bill Mattocks would (correctly) say--"You pays your money and you takes your chances".

But training can perhaps widen your field of vision as to what those chances and choices are.

 

[sgtmac_46]

And that is why whenever you are threatend with a weapon you just can't guarantee the robber isn't a cold blooded killer. So you are in fear of your life.

Deaf

Yep! The first clue you get that they aren't nice people is that they showed up armed with ill intent......that's good enough for me!

 

[Shin71]

Body language seemed to indicated that he wasn't going to frag anyone unless I am missing something but maybe there were opportunities to attempt to engage him but giving him a small amount of cash is a minor thing to do. You should be ready to make a move and train that way but be controlled enough to ride it out as well, like the clerk did.

I think the clerk did ok.