CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Crook Learns The Hard Way Not To Pull A Gun On 30-Year Army Vet

Business Insider ^ | 09/04/2013 | BECKET ADAMS, THE BLAZE

[SeekAndFind]

Bad idea: holding up a store clerk who happens to be proficient in firearms. Worse idea: holding up a store clerk who is not only proficient in firearms, but who also happens to be an Iraq war veteran and a former prison guard and private investigator.

Jon Lewis Alexander, 54, is no ordinary store clerk. He has worked several “high risk” jobs and served four tours of duty in Iraq during his 30 years in the U.S. military.

And his training shows.

Video surveillance from Saturday night captures the moment a would-be thief entered the Marionville, Mo., store where Alexander works. The thief hesitates for a moment and pulls a gun — but not fast enough to dissuade Alexander from pulling his own Walther PPX 9 mm handgun and sticking it in the hapless thief’s mouth.

No one was hurt and no shots were fired.

“One of the policemen told me later, ‘You’re a lucky man,’” Alexander told News-Leader.comMonday. “I said, ‘I think he (the robber) is a little luckier than I am.’ ”

The following surveillance footage comes by way of the store’s owners, Max and Jeannine Dawson:

[Leaning Right]

What would you suggest he be instead?

I'd like to see him run for sheriff.

[MHGinTN]

I’ve been using the Internet since before it was called the Internet, when you had to go to a college library for access, and I don’t think I have ever even seen a link to ‘examiner’ so I doubt I would be clicking on one.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Security consultant?

[Blood of Tyrants]

The orientation of the video is like a cell phone held vertically, not like a typical 4:3 or 16:9 surveillance camera.

[Utilizer]

Believe it, really. People actually post reports from the website that advertises about only using "citizen reporters" as sources -in other words, if you can blog about it, you can post it there and tout it as "REAL" news.

People may gripe about Drudge and WND, but at least they TRY to validate before posting things.

[Las Vegas Ron]

I hear ya, Brietbart is unfortunately like that too.

[HonorInPa]

If you look closely, someone recorded the playback that was showing on another computer screen. Probably the only way to make a postable version from the security footage on the computer. Seems perfectly legit to me.

[Doogle]

surprise

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I’m guessing that the store owners, who supposedly originally posted this, shot it with a cell phone off their surveillance monitor instead of figuring out how to digitally convert and upload the footage from tape.

[Wurlitzer]

“This is textbook stuff here, and it’s indicative of the truth that just having a weapon doesn’t mean it has to be fired to deter a criminal.”

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Very true but, with the position the gun had on that human debris’ face, the clerk might have prevented a future robbery at his or another store with a less positive outcome.

cleanup on aisle 4

[skinkinthegrass]

"he be doing"Good to see him alive/healthy and unharmed...ultimately.
...and the prep caught.
*wistfully thinking*...that this prep had shot himself dead
or seriously injured during said robbery.

[rolling_stone]

many security recorders have a proprietary codec that make it difficult to put file in ordinary avi or other viewable file. If they hadn't tried before to view it other than on the system it could have been a time consuming problem.

[baddog 219]

I’m sorry but, this video looks like a set up. Why the shaky hand held video? It’s not a surveillance video.
And I don’t know any battle hardened vet that wouldn’t have put a round in the idiots melon.

[Osage Orange]

No kidding!!

[Niteranger68]

He might have made a mistake that didn’t cost him his life. NEVER EVER let the muzzle end of a semi-auto pistol make contact with your intended target, which can push the slide out of battery. Bangs are better than clicks....

[S.O.S121.500]

This is textbook stuff here, and it’s indicative of the truth that just having a weapon doesn’t mean it has to be fired to deter a criminal.

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Two in the punkin would have deterred the next attempt. Civic duty fail.