Not that many years ago there was a Tulsa supermarket holdup in which a concealed permit holder shot the robber because he thought the manager's life was in danger. One of the members of this board was a police detective who investigated the incident. There were no legal problems for the citizen who shot the robber and if I remember correctly the detective loaned the citizen his backup gun after his was taken as evidence.
This^^^^ 1000X this ^^^^^
Reading this has been interesting though. Some of us are dumb as a brick.
No need to resort to insulting "some of us" just cause I don't know how to play canasta. Bet I could whup you good at a nerve-racking game of "Go Fish."
I'd have to be pretty sure of my hand to hand combat skills, cause if you lose that wrestling match, you're liable to lose your life immediately afterwards.
If I was standing behind someone that pulled a weapon, in a attempt to rob a store of almost any kind, and I was armed, they wouldn't survive the encounter.
Yeah but after he drops the clerk he just might want to eliminate any witnesses (that'd be you).
I'd have to intervene, it would be bad to live the rest of my life knowing that I could have prevented a murder and the sorrow of a family. Anyone that didn't defend the clerk to my way of thinking is a low dog.
I'll whoop your dirty no good butt in go fish.
I'm in this to survive and enhance my own life, saving a life is all nice and heroic, but depends on the situation. If I wanted to carry a firearm in order to reduce heartache on other people and their families, I would have finished my application with OCPD. But I Didn't. I do not have that responsibility, nor do I have the legal luxuries afforded to LEOs. I also do not have much of a conscience, so ymmv.
Better make sure that bad guy pulling that gun on the clerk doesn't have a partner standing behind you.
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