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Customer Pulls Gun on Bank Robber
WXYZ ^ | 6-17-2008 | WXYZ

Posted on 06/17/2008 9:01:51 AM PDT by Westlander

An attempted bank robbery in Canton played out like a scene from a movie Monday when a man who claimed to have a bomb was stopped by a customer armed with a pistol.

According to police, the customer pulled out a .9 mm handgun (for which he had a CCW permit), racked a bullet in the chamber, pointed it at the man and announced, "You are not robbing this bank!"

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1 posted on 06/17/2008 9:01:52 AM PDT by Westlander
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To: Westlander

“”You are not robbing this bank!”

Sounds like a great program to have in place.


2 posted on 06/17/2008 9:05:54 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland ("We have to drain the swamp" George Bush, September 2001)
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To: Westlander

“.9 mm”

Sigh...


3 posted on 06/17/2008 9:06:19 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Westlander

Michigan? Wow. I would not be surprised if this happened in Canton, Texas, but Canton, Michigan.


4 posted on 06/17/2008 9:06:51 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: Westlander

The man behind the gun didn’t back down when the would-be robber said he had a bomb. Good for him.


5 posted on 06/17/2008 9:08:07 AM PDT by hoe_cake (Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less!)
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To: DuncanWaring

I noticed that, too.


6 posted on 06/17/2008 9:08:44 AM PDT by Eurale
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To: Westlander
".9mm"??? Must have been a little bitty thing.

And the armed customer is damn lucky he had time to rack the slide. That's why I like to carry a DA/SA gun with a round in the chamber and the hammer down. But either way, good for him!

7 posted on 06/17/2008 9:10:34 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (It would suck to be a white relative of Obama.)
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To: Westlander

Wow, I hope they don’t go after this guy. I’m not sure about Michigan, but a lot of concealed carry permits exclude, bars, banks, federal buildings...


8 posted on 06/17/2008 9:16:44 AM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're Stupid.)
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To: DuncanWaring

That is about 1/2 of one BB.


9 posted on 06/17/2008 9:17:35 AM PDT by Codeflier (We just had 8 more years of a democrat president in office, we already know what happens!)
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To: Niteranger68

>>>>And the armed customer is damn lucky he had time to rack the slide.

I can draw my Kel-Tec 3AT (.380) from my front pocket and rack it with almost one single movement, and bring it to aim all within 2-3 seconds at most.


10 posted on 06/17/2008 9:18:45 AM PDT by angkor (The Elephant In The Conservative/GOP Living Room isn't RINOs, it's The Religionists.)
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To: DuncanWaring
LOL! Caught that one too! Heck, Japanese Hornets hit harder than a .9 mm.

The Asian, or Japanese hornet is the largest and most fearsome hornet in the world. It can be as big as 45 mm long (that's almost 2 inches), and its stinger is over 6 mm in length (a quarter of an inch!).

The venom from this hornet contains an enzyme which will dissolve bone and tissue, and can be fatal if the person stung is small, or has an allergic reaction. More than 40 people are killed each year by stings from this hornet. Those who have been stung and lived have described its sting as excruciatingly painful.

11 posted on 06/17/2008 9:19:07 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Westlander; DaveLoneRanger

Check it out ... in Michigan, of all places.


12 posted on 06/17/2008 9:19:08 AM PDT by Titan Magroyne ("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
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To: Westlander

“my gub trumps your bimb”


13 posted on 06/17/2008 9:19:29 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (I tried to explain that I meant it as a compliment, but that only appears to have made things worse.)
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To: Westlander
This is a great example of gun control:

The pistol was controlled properly at all time;
the criminal was immediately taken under control, and
the situation was under control.

Another situation resolve effectively and efficiently with proper gun control.

14 posted on 06/17/2008 9:19:36 AM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country)
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To: Westlander
..., the customer pulled out a .9 mm handgun (for which he had a CCW permit), racked a bullet in the chamber, ...

WIMP! Should've already had a round chambered.

15 posted on 06/17/2008 9:20:38 AM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: Codeflier

0.9 mm is roughly 0.035 inches - a fifth of a BB.


16 posted on 06/17/2008 9:27:51 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Westlander

The order of events seems wrong and something’s missing. It should have read:

POW!

“You are not robbing this bank”.


17 posted on 06/17/2008 9:30:53 AM PDT by LiberConservative ("Typical" White Guy)
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To: Niteranger68

GP-100. .357 Federal Hydra Shocks. No racking needed. No casings left behind.


18 posted on 06/17/2008 9:31:38 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: angkor
I can draw my Kel-Tec 3AT (.380) from my front pocket and rack it with almost one single movement, and bring it to aim all within 2-3 seconds at most.

But could you not draw and fire quicker with one in the pipe? And what if your rack hand is shot up? Don't get me wrong. I can appreciate the idea of keeping a clean chamber especially with a pocket mouser. I'd hate to blow my kneecap off by fishing for my keys. That's why I'm not a big fan of striker-fired guns for CCW.

19 posted on 06/17/2008 9:32:48 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (It would suck to be a white relative of Obama.)
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To: Westlander

Countdown to the gun snobs complaining about the caliber or brand name of the gun or that the guy wasn’t using the proper stance or something.


20 posted on 06/17/2008 9:33:51 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (BARACK OBAMA WILL SAVE US! HE HAS RISEN!!)
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