[elli1]

Officials said the suspects returned fire and fled the restaurant.

Needs to spend more time on the range.

[bgill]

The bad guys should be thanking their lucky stars there was only one customer. Imagine if about 10 ccw opened fire on them.

[NonValueAdded]

just be cool, honey bunny

[Jack Hydrazine]

Now if we could just have a carry conceal firearms owner just happen to be at a convenience store when a flash mob and rob occurs.

[TLI]

Officials said a white minivan with what appeared to be bullet holes was found later in the 1400 block of Griffen. It had been reported stolen, police said.

I bet it was smelly in the van as well...

:-)

[Robert357]

Sounds like a misuse of deadly force to me.

The purpose of using deadly force is generally to protect someone from death or serious injury. When the bad guys fled, the need to follow shooting all the way was not to prevent immediate death or injury of those within the restaurant.

The only things that might (and I use that word cautiously) be justified is to apprehend a fleeing felon or to if the person with the CCL felt that the crooks fleeing were a significant danger to others.

The guy with the CCL should take more training and be thankful he is still alive. He should also be thankful that he isn't in a location where the DA hates vigilantes more than he hates crooks, as if fairly common in some parts of the county.

Again, what the guy did was brave and probably appropriate up until the point he followed them outside.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Lots of range time. We’re talking 30 or 40 feet. A good shooter should have been able to put 2 or 3 chest shots into each of them from a concealed steady position. I doubt that a couple of punks robbing a Dennys would have had bullet proof vests on. Range time, range time, range time ....

[RetiredTexasVet]

PS Hollow points, hollow points ....

[aruanan]

Two armed suspects attempted to rob a Denny's restaurant, but ended up fleeing for safety after a shootout with a customer.

Thank you, armed citizen, for giving these guys and others like them out there pause for reflection on the fragility of their lives when engaging in such behavior.

[aruanan]

Two armed suspects attempted to rob a Denny's restaurant, but ended up fleeing for safety after a shootout with a customer.

Thank you, armed citizen, for giving these guys and others like them out there pause for reflection on the fragility of their lives when engaging in such behavior.

[aruanan]

Two armed suspects attempted to rob a Denny's restaurant, but ended up fleeing for safety after a shootout with a customer.

Thank you, armed citizen, for giving these guys and others like them out there pause for reflection on the fragility of their lives when engaging in such behavior.

[aruanan]

Two armed suspects attempted to rob a Denny's restaurant, but ended up fleeing for safety after a shootout with a customer.

Thank you, armed citizen, for giving these guys and others like them out there pause for reflection on the fragility of their lives when engaging in such behavior.

[aruanan]

Two armed suspects attempted to rob a Denny's restaurant, but ended up fleeing for safety after a shootout with a customer.

Thank you, armed citizen, for giving these guys and others like them out there pause for reflection on the fragility of their lives when engaging in such behavior.

[GOPJ]

Liberals are getting major grants to study why crime is going down - in spite of higher unemployment etc.

Yeah, taxpayers are being force to pay for the obvious - an "obvious' academics won't discover for years...

Here it is - this article's a hint. Citizens are fighting back. The "cost" of being a criminal has gone waaaaaaay up. It's no longer a question of sitting in a prison with a bunch of friends being fed four squares a day. Nope, now it's a question of 'will someone shoot back and kill..."