Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
Not sure that this is really all that new. In my experience, the woefully unprepared (no gear, knowledge, or skills) were quite frequent. We rarely had a victim who had experience and was decently equipped. We did have victims with lots of gear and no ability to use it properly.
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