No Rick, I honestly expected to read about frightened people with hands up while someone threatened them with gun, machete', whatever. I feel very bad for the OP, but in this neck of the woods there is a very distinct difference between theft and robbery. Regional differences? Who knows, but I read the Subject the same way Carol did. Having anything taken from you is never good, but having it taken from you at gunpoint is much worse. Again, not trying to minimize what happened to the OP, just sayin......