[Ebenezer]

A fitting example of the Second Amendment at work.

Why is it that, as a local television station's coverage of the incident mentioned, police advise against confronting armed criminals? If a person has lawful ownership of a weapon and has trained to use it properly, why not let him exercise his right to self-defense? It sometimes feels like law enforcement is the worst enemy of our right to bear arms.

Law-abiding gun owners like our Greek grocer provide a good deterrent to crime. Let someone else try to rob his store!

[jjm2111]

But...but...but...he's should have done what the robber demanded.

[freedomcrusader]

The statistics also argue for resistance to crime with a firearm. Those who resist with a firearm have better outcomes (morbidity and mortality) on average than even those who comply.

[isthisnickcool]

The story does not say but possibly the moral to this story is don't bring a revolver to a gunfight when the other shooter has an automatic with a full clip?

[duzystopa]

The grocery owner did the right thing. Remember the rule of nines: In 99.9% of all felonies the police arrive AFTER the crimes have been committed.

[A2J]

The man, whose identity had not been released by authorities late Thursday, died a short time later at Charity Hospital.

"I'm deeply saddened."

NOT!

[chuknospam]

A D.O.J. report stated the obvious, in virtually every case where the citizen was armed, the outcome was in favor of the armed citizen and in most cases a shot wasn't fired. Whereas, in cases where the victim had no means of defense, the victim had approximately a 50-50 chance of being killed.

[MileHi]

"The perpetrator suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body."

Gun control is hitting your target...

[Tacis]

It may be that the media preaches that business owners should not defend themselves with firearms because doing so has a disproportionate effect on the minority community.

[Gritty]

I always love a story with a happy ending!

[enemy of the people]

Good job Mr.Plakotaris! The next time that I'm in New Orleans I am going to try to visit Harrison Grocery, get something to eat there, and meet Mr. Platkoris in person. May his business be better than ever.