
One more cretin has left the gene pool …
” “It was just your normal robbery, ‘give me your money,’” said Sgt. Burt Roberts.
At least until the suspect wound up behind the counter in a confrontation with the men, who pulled out their own guns: a 40-caliber handgun and a shotgun.
They fired “multiple shots” at the suspect during the course of the robbery, Roberts said.
“We’ve been robbed!” one of the workers frantically yelled to a 911 dispatcher, according to a recording of the call. “I’m holding a gun to his head! We shot him. He pulled a gun on us and started shooting, so we shot him….He came at me with the gun. He said ‘go behind the counter and get me the money.’” “
Meanwhile , down the road apiece …
” The man told police he fired several gunshots in self-defense at two juveniles and a man trying to rob him on the street.
The suspects were taken to University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, treated and released, police said. “
The fact that citizens have a right , nay a responsibility , to protect themselves and those around them is becoming more and more apparent to every right-thinking citizen .
” The most recent U.S. Department of Justice study available, from 1994, found that 1.5 million people use firearms to defend themselves against crimes annually.
That includes victims firing shots and those who simply displayed their weapons to their assailants, who fled, Pierce said.
“There is an increase in people who are becoming aware of their own responsibility for personal protection and the fact that the police simply cannot be there the moment that crime occurs,” Pierce said. “They would if they could, but it’s simple physics. They are minutes away and seconds count.
“Anytime a robber or a perpetrator fires first, you’ve already been presented with deadly force. There is no choice. Law enforcement simply tells people to give the robbers what they want and to let them go, but when you have a robber who is determined not to leave any witnesses behind and initiates deadly force, that advice can only get you killed.” “