I'm certainly not advocating this:
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local...cle_31011371-4d41-5b63-815b-027d9fe163b2.html
Went out to his car and retrieved his 9mm pistol and confronted the robber while he was holding a clerk at knife point. I know there are members here who will cheer this incident. Fortune sometimes smiles on fools and drunks...........there is no way of telling what would have happened if things had gone down differently, but the number of things that could have gone wrong and turned this into a completely different story is a pretty large number. Fortunately nothing "went wrong" and there was a good outcome. Blindly charging into a situation like that usually doesn't have a good outcome.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local...cle_31011371-4d41-5b63-815b-027d9fe163b2.html
The Quik Trip customer, identified only as a 26-year-old man from St. Louis, stopped around 3:20 a.m. at the gas station at 2260 First Capitol Dr. to use the restroom and make a purchase, St. Charles police said in a release. The man was on his way back to his vehicle in front of the store when he saw a black SUV pull up abruptly.
The customer watched a man get out of the SUV, run into the Quik Trip carrying a backpack, and approach a clerk by the coffee pots, police said. He then grabbed the clerk and dragged her to the front of the store while she was screaming.
The customer saw the man inside the station holding a knife to the clerk's throat. The customer got his 9mm handgun from his vehicle, entered the store, and confronted the suspect, police said.
The suspect grabbed his backpack, told the man, "I have something for you," and walked toward him, police said.
The customer then fired several times. The suspect fell to the floor. The customer and the clerk, who were uninjured, both called 911, police said.
The suspect was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Went out to his car and retrieved his 9mm pistol and confronted the robber while he was holding a clerk at knife point. I know there are members here who will cheer this incident. Fortune sometimes smiles on fools and drunks...........there is no way of telling what would have happened if things had gone down differently, but the number of things that could have gone wrong and turned this into a completely different story is a pretty large number. Fortunately nothing "went wrong" and there was a good outcome. Blindly charging into a situation like that usually doesn't have a good outcome.