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Nuclear Unicorn

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12. How about retail establishments?

Wed Apr 2, 2014, 10:39 AM

Apr 2014

Editor’s note: This article has been amended from its original version to clarify the fact that the shooter used his own gun in the incident.

ORRVILLE — One person is dead after a customer at the Dollar General in Orrville began shouting and waving his gun in the air.

Dallas County Sheriff Harris Huffman said the incident appeared to be a case of self-defense and no one has been arrested in connection with the shooting Thursday afternoon.

The incident occurred when Dallas County resident Kevin Mclaughlin entered Dollar General reportedly waving a pistol in the air, Huffman said. Mclaughlin then ushered a group of people inside the store into a break room.

“It appears that once the cashier got inside the break room, a customer that was walking into the break room shot the individual, the white male, with the pistol,” Huffman said. “There was only one shot fired and that shot struck the individual with the pistol causing the disturbance.”

Read more: http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2014/01/16/one-killed-in-attempted-robbery-in-orrville/#ixzz2xTWx6LYg

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Want Guns With That? Chefs Find Politics Hotter Than Kitchen [View all] Jgarrick Apr 2014 OP

Assuming the gun toters are law abiding, he keeps a bunch of right wing bigots out Hoyt Apr 2014 #1

Pejorative or not, if I had a choice, I would rather eat and/or drink in an establishment djean111 Apr 2014 #2

Someone who can't go into a f'ing restaurant without a weapon is a douchebag. FSogol Apr 2014 #3

How about retail establishments? Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #12

No idea what you are getting at? FSogol Apr 2014 #16

A customer carried a gun into a retail establishment. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #17

yes and? Do we really need guns in stores and restaurants? FSogol Apr 2014 #18

" Do we really need guns in stores and restaurants?" Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #22

LOL. Moor gunz! FSogol Apr 2014 #23

So, in other words, you prefer the people being taken hostage and herded to the back of the store Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #26

Yeah, that's exactly what I mean! FSogol Apr 2014 #28

Yes, it is. Since you obviously have no response except to criticize the fact Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #30

Congrats on finding a case were a guy with a gun was useful. FSogol Apr 2014 #54

How many times a year do people lawfully defend themselves with firearms? Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2014 #61

In the Dollar General case, wall_dish Apr 2014 #25

Well, I don't particularly like the word, but douchebag does describe them. HERVEPA Apr 2014 #4

Why would gun-crazed douchebags want to eat in a restaurant, anyway? Aristus Apr 2014 #5

Stupidity usually gets punished and being a dick pisses people off. hack89 Apr 2014 #6

I find gun toting, particularly in cities, qualifies as "being a dick." Zimmerman and Dunn are Hoyt Apr 2014 #10

Combat mode = wetting his pants? FSogol Apr 2014 #11

I am merely talking about the owners lack of business sense hack89 Apr 2014 #15

Imagine if he put out a "No fatties" sign along the same antagonizing lines... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #21

Truth hurts. I applaud him. t may help business, certainly will cut down on yahoo pollution. Hoyt Apr 2014 #29

Doesn't seem to be helping his business, wall_dish Apr 2014 #33

Don't see any evidence of that. Gun toters don't tip well anyway. Hoyt Apr 2014 #37

Gun toters don't tip well anyway? wall_dish Apr 2014 #39

Not as creepy as your support of gunz and toting in a college pub. Hoyt Apr 2014 #40

Not going to answer my question? wall_dish Apr 2014 #44

I'm sure we all welcome your concern for him. HERVEPA Apr 2014 #55

Moronic business owner is a moron... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #7

Most cc states have an approved sign... pipoman Apr 2014 #8

There are definitely guidelines to follow... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #14

You have a point. Gun toters are not nearly as law abiding as they want us to believe. Hoyt Apr 2014 #32

Isn't "Approved Sign" kind of like "Approved Speech"? yellowcanine Apr 2014 #46

He can post all the pipoman Apr 2014 #50

I agree that sign would have been better, HockeyMom Apr 2014 #9

Possible but I think unlikely to succeed... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #13

I meant without publicly saying douchebag HockeyMom Apr 2014 #24

He is no better than those he taunts seveneyes Apr 2014 #19

And that couldn't have happened before? upaloopa Apr 2014 #34

Give us a break. Another NRA meme that has been proven false. Hoyt Apr 2014 #35

Great. More of the "more guns make us safer" bullshit. HERVEPA Apr 2014 #57

I agree with the owner and appreciate him standing up to yahoos who would carry a gun into Hoyt Apr 2014 #27

You don't get it do you! He doesn't want gunners for a customer base. upaloopa Apr 2014 #36

So why not just put up a sign stating that firearms are prohibited on this establishment? wall_dish Apr 2014 #41

Well gunners are never dicks about anything upaloopa Apr 2014 #52

People carrying their guns into a restaurant are the dicks. HERVEPA Apr 2014 #58

Well he certainly got his wish then... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #42

Yep and he'll get more customers like me who upaloopa Apr 2014 #53

Maybe, maybe not. wall_dish Apr 2014 #56

I would suggest that recent politcs have shown... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #59

o boo fucking dog shit hoo. whether you call someone a douchebag or a jerk cali Apr 2014 #20

So what kind of words do you think were used upaloopa Apr 2014 #31

Well, maybe if the owner hadn't been such a dick about it, wall_dish Apr 2014 #38

Maybe he felt more strongly about the law passed by the bigoted right wing SC legislature. Hoyt Apr 2014 #45

This is just too funny by all accounts. wall_dish Apr 2014 #47

He seems to be doing just fine except for some gun toting white wingers Hoyt Apr 2014 #49

Come on get real. upaloopa Apr 2014 #51

I am getting real. wall_dish Apr 2014 #60

Gracious, look at all the regular DU Gun Enthusiasts with hurt feelings! Paladin Apr 2014 #43

What hurt feelings? hack89 Apr 2014 #48

Locking- very sorry but this post does not fit the SOP of GD. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #62