Jennifer Wertz
Posted on 09/27/2017 3:09:21 AM PDT by EliRoom8
Nearly $10,000 has been raised as of Tuesday night for a mother of three who lost her job at an Albuquerque, N.M., gas station after shooting an armed robbery suspect.
Jennifer Wertz said the suspect pointed a gun at her at a Circle K gas station last week, forcing her to defend herself.
“I grabbed my gun from my pocket, I cocked it, and I shot,” Wertz said, according to FOX6. "I'm sick and tired of being a sitting duck."
Wertz said she had the gun with her at work out of fear of being robbed while on duty. She said her employer hadn't been doing enough to ensure her safety.
"Robberies have been going on like this for the past few weeks. They have done nothing to protect me. And I felt the need to protect myself,” Wertz told the television station.
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We need to change the tort laws, not just to reduce healthcare costs, but to allow employers and employees to defend themselves without some lawyer for some criminal suing deep pockets.
A person committing armed robbery or any armed felony should have no access to civil lawsuits to sue anyone.
I doubt if she was carrying a Colt's Patent 1849 Pocket Model, but that scenario sounds almost nostalgic.
If you scroll down in the article, there’s a live link to her GoFundMe page (mom set it up).
I donated.
Circle K announces robbers welcome at Circle K.
The laws need to be changed to remove employers incentive — and maybe even their ability — to fire employees for lawful acts of self defense.
GoFundMe at $29,000 - I’m sure the robber’s vulture...err, I mean, lawyer, will file some papers in court to seize the money to pay for the robber’s pain and suffering...
Link: https://www.gofundme.com/gas-station-robbed-mom-of-3-fired
BRAVO SIERRA!
Me too. $150.
But her choice was pretty simple, defend yourself or leave your kids orphans.
Jennifer Wertz
It could have been a 1911 commander, or any of a dozen SA pistols.
True. I'd go a bit farther though. If a business refuses to allow an employee to be armed, said business should be assumed to have assumed a very high burden to protect its employees. Failure to do so should make them liable to huge claims by its workers.
$49,162
Nor should the unarmed burglar who trips and hurts himself, slips and falls off your roof or is shot down in the commission of his crime.
That could be (though if she carries a 1911 with one in the pipe and the hammer down, I hope she's got good motor skills).
I just thought her line was almost "True Grit"-esque.
Did she kill the asshole?
5.56mm
Donated. Now over $60K
BTTT
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