Posted on 10/24/2023 10:59:02 AM PDT by Red Badger
A masked thug made the fatal mistake of trying to steal a firearm from a gun store while armed with a hammer.
The incident took place at a gun store in Livermore, California, on Sunday, police said.
It will be no surprise to regular Slay News readers that the gun store owner knew his Second Amendment rights and was ready a willing to exercise them.
Unfortunately, there are no prizes for guessing that it didn’t end well for the would-be robber.
Obviously, when the crook pulled a hammer on the store owner, he was shot dead.
Police said their investigation revealed that a 28-year-old man from Redwood City entered East Bay Firearms in the 4000 block of First Street around 2:30 p.m.
The burglar was wearing a mask, gloves, and a hooded sweatshirt pulled over his head.
He was reportedly “acting suspicious.”
Witnesses told police that the crook then tried to rob the gun store by taking a firearm while armed with a hammer.
The gun store owner responded by firing two rounds, fatally wounding the man, police said.
Police arrived at the scene to find the man suffering from a gunshot.
Along with paramedics, they performed lifesaving measures.
However, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the gun store owner is cooperating with the investigation and is not a suspect in a crime at this time — and that it appears this was a case of self-defense.
Five customers were in the store at the time of the incident.
Police confirmed that no one else was hurt.
Livermore Police’s Criminal Investigations Bureau is continuing the investigation.
Detectives are following up on leads, police said.
The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau will be releasing the name of the man pending notification of next of kin, police said.
Anyone with information about the case can call the Livermore Police Department’s anonymous tip line at 925-371-4790.
Never take a hammer...oh, never mind.
Darwin award candidate.
Rubber hammer?
If I had a hammer
I’d hammer in the morning
I’d hammer in the evening
All over this land
I’d hammer out danger
I’d hammer out a warning
I’d hammer out love between
My brothers and my sisters, ah-ah
All over this land
No video?
I was about to say the same thing.
The Darwin Awards is going to have to create a new category of stupidity.
Was the victims name Lamar or Lamont?
Its just too funny
I am trying not to laugh or smile. Honest.
The ‘hammer’ in that song is the Hammer of Communism.
Written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays, avowed Communists............
Burlap is not the proper term for this poor deluded and dead would be thief.
This man attempted armed robbery and failed.
I guess in this age it is hard to get good reporter help.
Maybe even harder to get good editor help if you can get any.
Bang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
I never knew that. But it makes perfect sense. I knew singer was a Communist but I never ever put it together. WOW. Seems pretty obvious now!!!!
“Drop the hammer on the guy”
I like Gun stores, I like them a lot. I do not ever recall walking into a Gun store, and seeing the man (or woman) behind the counter, who was not carrying a pistol. In fact, one of my local favorites “Impact Arms” not only boasts a host of armed “representatives”, pretty much every doorway to every office has a loaded rifle, full of freedom seeds just waiting to spread the love of independence, to some thief who would be foolish enough to seek to suppress customer or retailer alike.
I think you are far safer trying to rob a bank, or liqueur store, than a gun store.
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