How likely is it that the criminal will just pull out a gun/knife and shot/stab you?
Tittle, i'm planning to bait criminals into attack me, i'll dress as a wealthy nerd to catch their attention and walk trought dangerous zones, i will be carrying a pepper gel in my right pocket and a fake gun in my animu backpack in case things get a bit serious
My plan is to call their attention with a damaged cellphone, act scared when they approach to me and as soon as they get close enought pull out the pepper gel and fill their lungs with the oleoresin capsicum
How do you see my plan bernd? Are there some holes to cover i'm not taking into account?
I think melee weapons are under control, since pepper gel is a distance one, he either gets the load or covers his face, in both cases he gets disabled
The problem comes with guns and groups, with guns unless i do a preventive attack i'm fucked, the groups' difficult deppend on the quantity (and if they have guns obviously), in case they outnumber me like 1:5 i just pull out the fake gun
>LA is the place where I'd respect the criminals lol.
criminals here do whatever they want to do because the population never fight back, they know the police golems are always prottecting them from popular justice and the prosecutors setting them free for a few shekels, it would be interesting to see what happens, look how this girl scared out an armed criminal with just a generic pepper spray
https://www.publinews.gt/gt/tendencias/2023/03/02/mujer-frustra-asalto-en-tienda.html
>If you somehow succeed, what are you going to do next?
i honestly never tought about it, i only thought on taking their negerclothing (caps, earrings, chains) with me and burn them later, if they have phones i could remove the SIM card from it to gather key information about them (relatives or friends that could be involved into that shit as well), do you have any other suggetions?
My goal is to discourage them from following that criminal lifestyle and to stop praising the caribbean culture, so in the case the criminal is venezuelan or colombian i won't be so condescending with them, since it's part of their culture...
Under stress people do stupid shit. Unless one trains to handle those situations or calm as a cucumber by default he'll do stupid shit.
One also needs a solid situational awareness to measure up all the information needed to make decisions quick and act. In a situation you described many things to keep track (from the criminals, their behaviour, possible civilians, changes in surroundings, whatever). Unless one trains his situational awareness he'll fail in all that.
It might be hard to claim self-defense if things take a legal turn. Have to check your local laws what they say about self-defense.
Criminals might be under influence of substances, and might don't care if they get a bit pepper sprayed, or that you wave a gun.
Chances are if you pull out the gun, they might provoke you to the point where you have to use it and you can't.
Police shows up in the wrong time all the time, perhaps when you're waving your gun.
Back to preparedness:
To provoke confrontations, one needs to be fit. Situation might demand to pull on the rabbit shoes and run, and you have to run fast and for a long time. Situation might demand one has to wrestle the opponents. This also needs endurance (a drawn out brawl is very tiring), and muscles, to keep punching, kicking, grappling, or holding them down.
To fight a brawl, one needs to be practiced in it. And not just how to subdue opponents, but have to stand the hits and kicks one get. Injuries can occur, pain certainly will, and has to ignore them to keep fighting.
Has to know the area, the streets, the geography. Needs exit plan.
Once things start there is no going back, and things can go sideways in nine ways to Sunday very easily.
