Girl Scouts Reportedly Robbed While Selling Cookies

Fox ^ | 2/20/2009 | Fox

[Red in Blue PA]

Two Girl Scouts and their troop leader were robbed as they sold cookies outside a San Antonio store, reports say.

The 9-year-old girls were packing up after hours of selling cookies outside a Walgreens in the city's North Side on Wednesday night when a man approached and stole their money, about $250, WOAI.com reports. No injuries were reported.

"Both little girls are scared," the troop leader, who did not want to be identified, told WOAI.com. "And they've learned, firsthand, there are bad people out there."

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oh, No! Mom Ping?

[Vision]

What used to be considered a joke is now reality in America.

Welcome to liberal America. Enjoy!

[101voodoo]

If we want to look for a silver lining here we can probably say these two young ladies will probably NOT be brainwashed by the liberal education unions.

[ronnyquest]

The scout master (mother, whatever) should have been carrying a firearm.

[raynearhood]

Doesn’t Texas allow open carry of firearms? Seems to me if you are handling large amounts of money out in the open in a ‘safe’ city like San Antonio, with no-one to guard the money but you and a couple nine year olds, whose safety is your responsibility, you should be taking simple measures to ensure their safety and guard the money.

[fredhead]

The really sad part is that the local council will probably make the troop pay up the money.

[DTogo]

Time for the troop to learn about the 2nd Amendment and have a field trip to the local shooting range.

Boy Scouts learn how to shoot (they used to anyway) so why not the girls, too?

Sarah Palin as their role model! Grow up to marry well, look hot at 45, and shoot!

[SonnyBubba]

Hey! They should have just given the Obama supporter the money. After all he deserves it. Spread the wealth.

[George Smiley]

There were times when I carried concealed while manning the cookie table in years past.

Let the moms I was working with know about it, too.

[silverleaf]

get a grip

Girl Scout leaders do not pack heat to shoot robbers while 3rd graders are selling cookies. And $250 cash is not an excessive amount of cash for store customers to be carrying. She should have had a 2d adult with her who could have “maybe” deposited the cash every hour or so, as I did. But $250 is not huge haul. And there is nothing that is fail safe.

sheesh

These girls will sell thousands of boxes of cookies once their story hits the local news

[John123]

Let the moms I was working with know about it, too.

Not necessary if you are in Memphis, Tennesee... apparently the good folks at the newspaper will print out your name and address if you have a CCP...

[TurtleUp]

The 9-year-old girls were packing up after hours of selling cookies outside a Walgreens in the city's North Side on Wednesday night when a man approached and stole their money, about $250, WOAI.com reports. No injuries were reported.

I would like to be on the jury when they try that little worm!

[QBFimi]

>> Girl Scout leaders do not pack heat to shoot robbers while 3rd graders are selling cookies.

Yeah, what the hell - let ‘em all get mugged, robbed and raped

[Doc Savage]

Can I please get a RACE or Ethnic origin here? Hmmmmmmmmmm!

[raynearhood]

These girls will sell thousands of boxes of cookies once their story hits the local news

This is a good point. The Girl Scouts should really look into this sales method. Cookie sales are down what, 30 some percent? This could fill the gap.

Girl Scout leaders do not pack heat to shoot robbers while 3rd graders are selling cookies.

Sure they do. Being involved in Scouting myself (Boy and Cub, but alot of parent friends that have girls in Girl Scouts), I can say with confidence that many Girl Scout Leaders that take their girls into the ATL have concealed carry licenses... and use it.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Is that really relevent? Can’t they just be judged on the basis that they’re scumbags rather than whether or not they’re white, hispanic or black scumbags?

[Spirochete]

Doesn’t Texas allow open carry of firearms? Seems to me if you are handling large amounts of money out in the open in a ‘safe’ city like San Antonio, with no-one to guard the money but you and a couple nine year olds, whose safety is your responsibility, you should be taking simple measures to ensure their safety and guard the money.

Texas allows licensed *concealed* carry. Few people do it. Texas has a rough image but actually Texas is a purple state, about 35% kool-aid drinkers overall. In big cities like San Antonio and Houston its even higher.

[silverleaf]

oh yeah, that’s the alternative
pack heat or the kids get raped and die

get a grip

My Council (I believe GSUSA) specifically prohibits GS from gun activities as a GS activity in SafetyWise, our manual of what is allowed, under what conditions, and what is not allowed. Even paintball.

Liberal encroachment into national organziation. But still a rule. Kids can find another org to teach them about guns.
Or hey- about leaving that up to the family? There’s a novel approach.

As for a leader packing heat? Not my kid’s leader.

[netmilsmom]

Another reason my girls are no longer in GS.