Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Another Florida CCW permit holder stands their ground, kills assailant. [View all]one-eyed fat man
(3,201 posts)It's not just about stuff. Being a criminal is a choice. The low-life isn't stealing bread to feed his starving family. He might be miserable, but he ain't Les Miserable. If it was only about stealing stuff or money, he would be breaking into places where no one is home or pilfering cash from his mother's purse.
Robbery is confrontational. That is where the rush is. He wants to see the fear. Why should someone who'd threaten with death a minimum wage clerk at a fast food joint or a convenience store be treated as if he had just created a new social compact? "Give me what I want and I might not hurt you."
Subway clerk murdered
A 22 year old clerk, paralyzed with fear, unable to open the cash drawer, and the vicious vermin says to her, "Girl youre too slow. You gots to die." Then the misbegotten bastard shoots her three times.
Robbery is about cash like rape is about sex. The goal is subjugation, humiliation, and domination, the rest is incidental. The robber's threat of bodily harm makes it personal. You have no clue what the bastard has in mind. He might take the money and run, or he might splatter your brains all over the walk in cooler. If his intention is to kill you anyway, you still going to meekly comply?
Paul Dennis Reed
You really believe he turned to robbery because he was down on his luck Nashville songwriter?
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/08/video_robbers_executive_2_stor.php
Robbers Execute 2 Store Clerks]
This Florida robbery might go down as one of the most senseless double-homicides ever. These men rob a convenience store. Even though both clerks are obviously compliant, the man guarding the door shoots them both -- all for $77... looks like a definition of "EVIL" to me!
Guess poor misunderstood armed robbers killing people to take stuff that's not theirs is not as reprehensible as shooting criminals to keep them from taking your life.