They may get fired, but I’m sure there are a few business owners who’d appreciate hiring those individuals because they showed initiative and did the right the thing at the risk to their own lives from the criminals and from Wally World.
A guy I sold a house to in Atlanta was an immigrant from South Africa. He was in the security business. He was head of security for department stores there. He told me that where he was from, it was commonplace for shoplifters to be armed.