OrvilleYertleson
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After reading the Whataburger thread, I figured I would post this situation, which recently happenned at one of my favorite local restaurants.
Here is the article from a local newspaper:
12/10/2003 By Scott Nicholson
Police are looking for leads in an armed robbery that occurred Friday night at a local restaurant.
According to the Boone Police Department, five armed Hispanic males entered Los Arcoiris Mexican Restaurant at 1934 Blowing Rock Road just before 11 p.m. just as the restaurant was closing and employees were cleaning up for the night. The armed men ordered the six employees to lie on the floor at gunpoint and then tied their hands.
The suspects then robbed the employees and the restaurant’s cash register of an undisclosed amount of money.
They may have fled the scene in a dark-colored sport utility vehicle. One of the suspects allegedly visited the restaurant before the robbery and purchased a phone card, then later returned with the other four suspects.
....
Now pretend you are finishing up your meal with your friend/wife, etc. when you see five armed men come through the door. You, of course, are armed.
What do you do?
Would you let them tie you up, or would you fight back?
Oh, I should note that the restaurant is more or less divided into simple partitions with table-level windows, so you can see the gunmen from your table, but if you drop to the floor, you will be out of sight (until they come looking for you anyway).
This is what I would (try to) do:
After spotting the gunmen, I would drop the the ground and pull my girlfriend down with me, and I would retreat into a corner, stuffing my girlfriend under a booth. I would draw my weapon, but would make no attempt to stop the robbery or to protect the restaurant employees as my primary responsibility is the safety of my girlfriend and a 'heroic' attempt to thwart the robbery would likely end up in dead restaurant employees.
Because we are behind a partition, the bad guys would have to move across the restaurant in order to find us. As soon as I saw one enter into my field of vision, I would shoot him.
At this point, the remaining robbers would hopefully panic and run away. But if this didn't happen, I would remain in my corner of the restaurant, and would attempt to shoot any threat that presents itself to me. I think this would give me my best chance of escaping unscathed (Aside from possibly submitting to the robbers).
I have been thinking about this a lot, because I eat at this restaurant probably at least once a week, and we are usually there at closing time, so I could very easily have been caught in this situation.
Now I carry an extra magazine on my person, and I am rethining whether I should carry in establishments where alcohol is served, regardless of the law.
I do not want to stop eating at this establishment because I think it is wrong to drive the victims of a violent crime out of business simply they were victimized.
Here is the article from a local newspaper:
12/10/2003 By Scott Nicholson
Police are looking for leads in an armed robbery that occurred Friday night at a local restaurant.
According to the Boone Police Department, five armed Hispanic males entered Los Arcoiris Mexican Restaurant at 1934 Blowing Rock Road just before 11 p.m. just as the restaurant was closing and employees were cleaning up for the night. The armed men ordered the six employees to lie on the floor at gunpoint and then tied their hands.
The suspects then robbed the employees and the restaurant’s cash register of an undisclosed amount of money.
They may have fled the scene in a dark-colored sport utility vehicle. One of the suspects allegedly visited the restaurant before the robbery and purchased a phone card, then later returned with the other four suspects.
....
Now pretend you are finishing up your meal with your friend/wife, etc. when you see five armed men come through the door. You, of course, are armed.
What do you do?
Would you let them tie you up, or would you fight back?
Oh, I should note that the restaurant is more or less divided into simple partitions with table-level windows, so you can see the gunmen from your table, but if you drop to the floor, you will be out of sight (until they come looking for you anyway).
This is what I would (try to) do:
After spotting the gunmen, I would drop the the ground and pull my girlfriend down with me, and I would retreat into a corner, stuffing my girlfriend under a booth. I would draw my weapon, but would make no attempt to stop the robbery or to protect the restaurant employees as my primary responsibility is the safety of my girlfriend and a 'heroic' attempt to thwart the robbery would likely end up in dead restaurant employees.
Because we are behind a partition, the bad guys would have to move across the restaurant in order to find us. As soon as I saw one enter into my field of vision, I would shoot him.
At this point, the remaining robbers would hopefully panic and run away. But if this didn't happen, I would remain in my corner of the restaurant, and would attempt to shoot any threat that presents itself to me. I think this would give me my best chance of escaping unscathed (Aside from possibly submitting to the robbers).
I have been thinking about this a lot, because I eat at this restaurant probably at least once a week, and we are usually there at closing time, so I could very easily have been caught in this situation.
Now I carry an extra magazine on my person, and I am rethining whether I should carry in establishments where alcohol is served, regardless of the law.
I do not want to stop eating at this establishment because I think it is wrong to drive the victims of a violent crime out of business simply they were victimized.
