Tragedy plaguing convenience stores

Houston Chronicle ^ | July 11, 2002 | THOM MARSHALL

[Stat-boy]

"Citizens need to arm themselves," he said. "We can't be everywhere."

That says it all.

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The kit also advises that store personnel should not display weapons or do anything to make a robber nervous.

And this will discourage robberies how?

[Dog Gone]

The kit also advises that store personnel should not display weapons or do anything to make a robber nervous.

Wrong. Store personnel should display a weapon, use it, and make the robber dead.

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BTW, it is not Tragedy plaguing convenience stores. It is armed criminals who are plaguing convenience stores.

[EggsAckley]

My pleasure; any time.

[ErnBatavia]

"Citizens need to arm themselves," he said. "We can't be everywhere." That says it all.

Yep! A few years ago my wife called the po-lice due to two teenagers knocking at the door claiming to be looking for a "lost ball".....our gate was locked, and they had to have climbed over; likely casing the house......the responding officer asked if we owned a weapon....wifey said, "Oh, no! Of course not!" (grin).....but then the cop told her to get at least one and learn how to use it.

[Inge_CAV]

"The kit also advises that store personnel should not display weapons or do anything to make a robber nervous."

HorseSh$t!!!!!!! Show the bastard his criminal career is finished.......Permanently!

[dighton]

BTW, it is not Tragedy plaguing convenience stores. It is armed criminals who are plaguing convenience stores.

tragedy : n Anything really, really bad that happens to people.

-- The Hack's Pocket Dictionary.

[Shooter 2.5]

"I know my own father did not want to arm himself," Quan said.......After the store was robbed four times in two years, the Quans sold it.

No one wants to engage in shootouts either. It looks like the Quans had the luxury of getting out when they could.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[yureikumaTN]

My personal favorite was at a small gun store I worked at in Deep South Alabama. We all carried in plain view, and the store owner had a Claymore fixed to the front of the counter, directly below the cash register. It was quite interesting to watch the occasional "last second shopper" come in and begin to "look around". If they were legit, they never seemed to notice it. Those that seemed rather out of place, however, would turn a very interesting pale colour, especially considering the usually dark nature of their skin. For some reason, they always seemed to leave about then....

[ravingnutter]

A couple of days ago I drove into my local convenience store and almost ran into a beat up old Camaro with two big ugly guys in it, they backed their car into a spot not visible to the clerk inside the store and I pulled up beside them. They looked so suspicious that I decided to take my purse in instead of locking it in the truck as I usually do. When I got into the store, the clerk asked me what those guys were doing. She stated that they had been cruising through the parking lot slowly several times in the last hour. She asked if I could get their license plate number. The only way I could do it without them suspecting anything was to back out, get a visual on the number and then drive across the parking lot to the pay phone and call the clerk. I gave her the number and she called the police. I called her again when I got home to make sure she was ok and she said she was fine, that they had left when a police car showed up. Vigilance is the name of the game!

[Lightnin]

There has been a rash of armed robberies in the Tampa Bay area in recent weeks (over 20), with the perps getting progressively more aggressive. They have concentrated mostly on fast food restaurants such as McDonald's and KY Fried.

And yes, they are all "brothers" doin' the deeds.

[biblewonk]

In the Wild Wild West you got hung for stealing a horse. Now if you kill someone for a few hundred bucks, you get several years in a nice prison, lots of tattoos, an IQ test to prove you are retarded, cable TV, the fun of raping a young white kid who smoked pot, a liver transplant at the cost of some nice 10 year old who deserves it more than you. The list goes on and on and on.

[Dog Gone]

Good job.

[TheDon]

..."the store owner had a Claymore fixed to the front of the counter, directly below the cash register."

Sounds like THE solution to store robberies.

[patton]

Remember, "Front Towards Enemy." LOL. You don't want to mess this one up.

[MickMan51]

the store owner had a Claymore fixed to the front of the counter

What the heck is a claymore, for those of us uninformed ??