And not one person attempted to stop them? What the hell is this world coming too? Amazing, even though the devices are worthless too them after leaving the store.
Why would any competent person try and stop these criminals? Unless your a Law Enforcement Officer. You have no idea what they are capable of doing or weapons they may possess . It's property versus safety.
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It may sound odd initially, but if you think about it, you never want to stop a smash 'n' grab kind of crime. In this time of crime, people are safe as criminals are targeting 'stuff' (money, property, etc.) and are trying to exist as quickly as possible. If you prevent or inhibit that, you don't know how they will react. If they are desperate and dumb enough to face felony prison time for a few dollars (these phones are essentially useless as people have already pointed out), then they may be willing to react violently to anyone trying to stop them. That endangers everyone in the store that wasn't in danger before.
I carry a firearm daily, but I would make no effort to stop these people. In doing so, I'd put innocent lives at risk. One or more of these people could have had a firearm as well; then what happens? Bullets start firing all over the place and I've never seen an Apple store that isn't packed with people unless it's closed. Even (trained) security officers will want the thieves to exist the store and get away from everyone else before attempting to stop them.
I share your views. Being a concealed carry holder, you would
only engage with a firearm If the threat was posing great bodily harm or death. In this case, fleeing criminals would not justify a deadly force situation, unless one of suspects would engage in a hostile situation.
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It's not about the financial value, it's about the morality, robbery itself needs to be stopped on site as much as possible, so that less and less dare to even think about it.
Even if you only want to talk about it in the financial standpoint, there are a lot of financial consequences after they flea away -- the investigation costs.
Your wrong on many levels. A 'Robber' does not always need to be stopped, at least not by the untrained general public. If the someone from the public would engage a fleeing criminal, then its best to let them go,
Any information can be provided to 911, which can be forwarded to Law Enforcement.
If a member of the Public would engage, it could potentially worsen the situation and jeopardize other innocent bystanders. There is a term called 'Due Regard', which basically means if you act in a hostile situation, take consideration for the other lives around you.
These criminals want to get away and anyone preventing them, other than law enforcement, could risk the safety of others. It's not the responsibility of the general public to engage these criminals, being they may lack the training and skills needed to engage. Safety first. Always.