Criminals no longer fear anything and the #1 thing that they don't fear is punishment from a court/judge. That being said it's up to each individual to prepare himself to fend off criminals. I'm 65, out of shape I a bad way, overweight and diabetic so physically fight or run is out of the realm of realistic possibilities for me. I consider anyone that presents themself in an abnormal way as a threat to my well being and will use what I have on me to first try and de-escalate the situation and if that doesn't work I will raise the very real probability of he/she/them/they/it/thug being badly injured with perforations that they were not born with that allow leakage of fluids that are normally contained and necessary to sustain human life.