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In reply to the discussion: CHL holder unintentionally kills store clerk, trying to stop armed robbers. [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)21. It's obvious at least one of them was less concerned about
getting the cash and making a quick getaway.
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CHL holder unintentionally kills store clerk, trying to stop armed robbers. [View all]
russ1943
Jun 2012
OP
"Something went terribly wrong" - Yeah, some untrained Matt Dillon-wannabe pulled out his popgun,
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#7
Please, post an intellectually honest reply/query and it'll get replied to.
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#19
Your inability to address the issues raised in the OP is noted, and your refusal to
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#65
Since you want to play games, I'll give you two hypotheticals to jump-start your imagination.
PavePusher
Jun 2012
#71
Please, post the details you are privy to that were not in the news report.
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#25
It seems simple that you like to make statements that you are then unable to substantiate.
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#50
The story does not "continue": the innocent store clerk is dead, at the hands of an
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#29
When armed robbers lock the door it often means they plan to murder everybody.
GreenStormCloud
Jun 2012
#38
There's that "it often means" stuff again, along with this phenonmenaly callous observation:
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#54
Why are you so confused by plain English? We KNOW "what actually happened in the store":
apocalypsehow
Jun 2012
#64
You know darn well members of gun culture claim they aren't cowboys and don't hit innocent people.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#40
Sounds to me like CCW holder was trapped in the store with the armed robbers.
Atypical Liberal
Jun 2012
#11
The supposedly law-abiding, responsible, well-trained gun toter was not any of those things.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#41
You should admit you can't size up a situation and should be barred from carrying guns.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#55
Do you keep dossiers on everyone? You'd have to go back quite a while here to pick up
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#60
BTW -- no one else was hurt. So our CHLer managed to shoot a clerk, but robbers got away.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#45
I know, your brother in arms can do no wrong even if he shoots young lady in head saving his ass.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#48
Yes, I often judge large groups of people by the actions of one individual.
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2012
#83
He tried to save his sorry rear and shot the clerk. I guess he did save his life, at her expense.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#69
The only possible way I might agree with you, is if it was intentional.
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2012
#82
Yep, let's protect the gun carrying cowboys who shoot innocent people to save their own ass.
Hoyt
Jun 2012
#86
And once you discover that the bad guys have locked the door - then what?
GreenStormCloud
Jun 2012
#35