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Your assumption that a mugger will just stop after he/she gets what they want is just that, an assumption, and as a victim, having a gun could save your life.
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Yes, having a gun *could* save your life - or, it *could* get you shot. No assumptions there. The mugger is *much* more likely to stop after he is happy that his victim is unarmed - because he doesn't want to be shot in the back as he's running away.
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Criminals are more afraid of their victim being armed than they are the cops.
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According to your quote from earlier, only between 40% and 60% of them are bothered either way, the rest (the remaining 40%-60%) don't care.
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Criminals also don't regularly practice with their illegally obtained firearms, unlike law abiding citizens who are licensed to carry theirs.
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How do you know? Plus, in a mugging/robbery/crime situation, practice has nothing to do with it. A criminal however is more likely to have experience of someone pointing a gun at them. A criminal is also more likely to have experience of pointing a gun at someone else. Sure, a law-abiding person may be able to hit a target at 50m, but how many crimes are committed at a range of 50m? The psychological effects of pointing/having a gun pointed at you are something it is very hard to train for. This is something that civilians (thankfully) generally have little experience of, in contrast to cops and criminals.
Furthermore, criminals are perfectly capable of attaining firearms legally too. Nobody has a sticker on their forehead telling the authorities who is a bad guy or a good guy. But it has to be said that obtaining (and carrying) a gun is easier, (either through legal or illegal channels) in states that sell more guns.