Concealed Carrier in Supermarket Takes Action

Did he have a failure or did he seriously not have one in the chamber?

Did he just waste ammo?

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Since the robber was leaving the store, would that be a justified shooting?

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I would say since he displayed a weapon, the threat wasn't neutralized with him simply walking away. I would say he was justified.

He just needs to keep a damn round chambered.

Amen dude. Carrying an unloaded gun is idiotic.

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I know that's a big assumption to make, but damn there were a lot of people that could've gotten caught in a crossfire.

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I think that may have been the main reason that the guy waited until his back was turned.

I get that, but he's leaving an awful lot to chance.

Wish there was audio.

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The thing that sucks about being a CC'er is that you only have seconds to make a decision while the criminal gets as much time as he wants to consider robbing a place.

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Whew, that one would have been a tough call. I can see what was probably going through his mind with all of the people around. I can't believe he didn't have a round chambered.

I would like to think I would've done what was needed in that situation, but I don't know. It says this was the guy's 3rd robbery, and being shot twice led to his arrest, preventing further robberies, where an innocent victim could be harmed. I know hindsight is 10w30, or whatever, but the CC'er did the right thing.

I'm certainly not knocking the guy for taking action. I think step 1 should've been to tell the people around him to get down. I don't know that it would've raised all that much suspicion since the perp is waving his gun all over the place. That would've at least gotten them out of the line of fire a bit.

If the perp had even pointed the gun behind him when running out and squeezed off a few, we could be seeing this in an entirely different light.

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so what would you do?

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Personally, I would've looked for an opening just like this guy did. But I wouldn't have been a dumbass carrying an empty handgun.

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did the ccw get charged?

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I don't think but I didn't read any articles about it.

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Was it justified?

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From my viewpoint, yes.

Besides just the fact that the threat may have been over, at what point do you say "enough is enough" when you have a tool to prevent this shite from happening again?

That's why I see concealed carry as such a great crime deterrent. Besides the fact that this guy may have waited too long, perps who hear about it will be even more on their toes worrying about getting their asses shot. That is EXACTLY the message citizens should be sending to criminals - enough is enough!