Say the guy successfully robs the store and leaves. Do you just awkwardly walk up to the counter and pay for your Big Gulp? Do you pay a little more?
Say the guy successfully robs the store and leaves. Do you just awkwardly walk up to the counter and pay for your Big Gulp? Do you pay a little more?
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DONT HAVE CHANGE FOR A TWENTY?"
Why would you pay more?
I'd assume you'd want to stick around and be a good witness for the police report.
I'd feel a little bad. Help him get back on his feet by giving him an extra buck lol
Well, unless the clerk gets fired he'll still collect his $8/hr regardless if the store gets robbed or not.
Well, unless the clerk gets fired he'll still collect his $8/hr regardless if the store gets robbed or not.
Sheesh, we would have held him up once a week for the rest of the semester!In college friend worked in a liquor store and was robbed. The owner's policy was one paid day off and a bottle of whatever the you wanted, man did we wish for our friend to be held up again :-)
I assume this has been discussed but after 4 pages of search results I gave up.
Just a quick scenario: Let's say you are in a Village Pantry or gas station and a guy comes in holding a gun. He threatens the person at the counter and asks for cash. He is yelling and threatening the cashier. You are only a few feet away but you are behind the guy and can get to your EDC quickly. Do you draw and shoot? Draw and tell him to drop it? Do you step back and stay out of the way assuming most of these situations end with no one getting shot?
My my gut says option 3 but I would feel awful if the cashier is injured by a gunman I could have taken out.
Thoughts?
Yeah...shooting the guy in the back here wouldn't be a bad thing here, but until the situation presents itself....who knows?
All I can add to this thread is that the difference between the police and a Law Abiding Armed Citizen is that the police have the give a verbal challenge.
So, in that situation, I would have my family move to the coolers away from the perp, maybe into the bathrooms if they can do so without becoming victims. I would then, put one in the base of his skull because a forcible felony is a justifiable reason in Indiana with IC35-41-3. The base of his skull, because I don't want anybody causing harm to the attendant after the action occurs. The attendants life and mine were the only ones in jeopardy, so I wouldn't want an errant round taking out anyone else or causing harm to the attendant. There is no center of mass clause for defense in Indiana, so that is also why I say that. Lastly, the chances of recovery from that wound put it right into the no more crime files. It's a bit difficult to judge what would actually happen, until it does, but that is one of the scenarios we need to be mindful of. A robbery, in any stage, is a justifiable use of deadly force in Indiana. In public, in the defense of myself, of my family, of a third party, anywhere I have a legal right to be. So, my question is, if you carry concealed or open, why wouldn't you protect an innocent bystander with deadly force? Isn't this the whole reason law abiding gun owners carry guns?
Thank you cosermann. That was a good and thoughtful read. It reinforces my initial inclination to stay out of most situations if at all possible. The consequences can be devistating no matter how things turn out.
Lots to think about.