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A Jacksonville, Fla., dollar store customer shot and killed a robber Monday night, ActionNewsJax.com reported.
According to the report, the customer -- a 57-year-old grandfather -- and two store employees were inside the Dollar General store Monday around 9 p.m. when two armed men entered the store with the intention to rob it.
"One of them had the clerk and one of them was at the front cash register,” Lt. Rob Schoonover of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office told Jacksonville.com.
The customer, who has a concealed weapon permit, shot and killed one of the intruders, FirstCoastNews.com reported.
"There was a citizen who had a concealed firearms permit that was inside the store as a customer," Lt. Schoonover told WOKV.com. "He fired at the suspect, striking him and killing him."
The man was found dead when police arrived at the scene. No charges are pending against the shooter, WOKV.com said.
“He’s always been a marksman,” the man's wife told Jacksonville.com. “He shoots in competitions, but this is the first time he’s ever killed anyone and I don’t know how he’ll handle that.”
The second suspect fled the scene in a small SUV, FirstCoastNews.com reported. Police say the man is about 6 feet tall man and was wearing khaki pants, a blue bandana and black gloves, ActionNewsJax.com reported.
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Right to carry. Gotta love it.
Natural Selection at its finest!
What a waste of life. The robber did not have to die, you guys need to have some compassion. He was probably stealing to support his family. We need to ban ALL guns.
03, then he did not need to carry a gun..I need some food for my family, so I am going to take a gun into the store you are shopping in, demand money, and potentially kill you and others in that store, but its ok , because I am needy.
03 you are an oxygen thief. What's wrong, afraid you might get shot the next time you rob someone?
I thought he was being sarcastic but then I see he posted it again. Guess he is a waste of oxygen. My mistake.
To 03k64-1815018 Your so right he was such a good boy was gonna be a doctor or rocket sicientist as soon as he got his G. E. D.
Dare I saw that the thief got a little too much bang for his buck?
What a waste of life, he did not have to die. We need to ban ALL guns!
03k64-1815018
Dare I say it? You sir/madam are a fool. Ever think you could have been the store clerk and there was not a person carrying CCW to save your happy a$$? Oh yeah, like your buddy on last page, you are anal retentive with posting same garbage twice. Doing it 2 x does not make it anymore intelligent. Go back to Sesame Street and enjoy your cookies with Cookie Monster!
We need to ban guns so you and your relatives feel safe when you break into our homes to rob us or rob a store. What we need to do is ban (kill) all three time losers (persons with three convictions) or convicted of serious crime against an innocent individual.
The first sentence has zero to do with the second sentence. You are correct, he didn't have to die. He didn't have to go into that store and threaten the lives of other people, either. But he made that choice, and fortunately it was he that paid the consequences for that decision instead of an innocent victim.
Armed robbery is already banned. Didn't seem to stop the criminals, did it? Funny thing about criminals, they don't follow the laws--hence why they are criminals! Banning guns only ensures that criminals have an ample supply of unarmed victims (provided the intended victims are not themselves criminals, that is). You're free to not own or carry a gun if you like, but you aren't free to keep other law-abiding citizens from doing so.
GOOD SHOOTING!! I think he should get a reward of $10,000 for shooting that quy. Just think of the money that guy saved the taxpayer in court cases for the piece of crap that he killed. For home invasions I thing the home owner should get a reward for each criminal that he kills because it saves court cases.
All you buffoons glorify the video game, yippee ki-ay mentality that fosters and perpetuates violence. Vigilante justice? Really? What if this "hero" accidentally shot the teller, or another by-stander? Sure all you orangutans will be voting Red this fall.
He didn't, he aimed, he shot and he killed someone who clearly intended to him and others harm you moron. You on the other hand probably would have hid and watched the employees die like a coward, or more likely, grabeed one of them and used them as a shield to save yourself.
What if the robber(s) killed everyone in the store and left a few hundred dollars richer?? What if those people in the store were your wife, husband, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, etc.??? We can do this all day.
Any loss of life is regrettable but to ask citizens to sit back and trust the robber to be honest and ethical and not shoot someone is just nonsense. What if the guy he killed shot and killed everyone else in the store as happens frequently in these types of robbers? Since you are playing What if, what if he killed them and burned the store down? What if he killed everyone, then while escaping carjacked a woman with a small infant and killed them both in the ensuing car chase?
Please. Go ahead and be a victim Luciano.
Don't use your Leftist politics to slap the real victims in the face. The people who had to endure a very frightening experience in their life that they will never forget. Look in the mirror Luciano....cause all you should see is SHAME right now.
...@Luciano: On your knees, liberal swine!
Luciano
What if you had another brain - it would be lonely. Don't ever bring a knife to a gunfight!
The Second Amendment "The Original Homeland Security!"
Well done sir.
I notice our founding fathers gave us freedom from sniveling right wing religious hypocrites in the FIRST Amendment, and then the means to defend ourselves against sniveling right wing religious hypocrites in the 2nd. Ain't that great?
Left right center - perhaps you meant to say Left wing? in both instances - those are the "liberals", Right wing is the conservative side
Hmmm...while some of your previous posts about the 2nd Amendment were solid enough, you seem to be a bit confused in this post. You might want to try reading the 1st Amendment again, because that sure isn't what it says. You have freedom OF (not FROM, I love this ridiculous leftist talking point) religion, and to the free exercise thereof. Nowhere in there does it say that you won't be exposed to the religion of others, who also have the right to freely exercise their religion (and the right to speak about it).
Just as an example of how ridiculous the leftist claim is when examined against the actual actions of the founding fathers, try looking at the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, subsequently re-enacted for the organization of Indiana in 1800, Michigan in 1805, and Illinois in 1809. The Act states: "Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged [emphasis added]." Therefore, they expected and required government to encourage religion and morality...however distressing that may be to the atheist crowd.
That President whom the leftists love to cite whenever they engage in religion-bashing, Thomas Jefferson, also would probably surprise you: In 1803, "President Jefferson asked the Senate to ratify a treaty with the Kaskaskia Indians. The treaty required the United States to pay a Catholic priest $100 annually for ministration to the tribe. The document, which the Senate ratified, also appropriated $300 for the erection of a Catholic church" (Religious Liberty in the American Republic, p.34). So Thomas Jefferson negotiated a treaty that required the United States to fund religious activities. I suggest that you read the book I cited, it might open your eyes a bit.
Had it been the New York police...
imagine that! one shot, one kill and Zero bystanders injured! Now let our police take heed. If they can't shoot take their guns away.
Yes! It's about time the news posted where a legally armed citizen did some justice! Way to go! Where I live, robbers no longer wait till you are away from your home or a business closes before they break in. Now, they break in, beat the crap out of you (or worse) and then steal you blind. I for one have my permit to carry and I feel much better knowing that if the need arises (heaven for bid) and there is no other option to take, I have a much better chance coming out of it unharmed.
A dead crook, too bad there weren't more of them. Pin a medal on the shooter.
Something doesn't smell right here. Shouldn't the man who shot the robber be charged with murder? Even with concealed carry laws, you aren't supposed to kill people, only wound them. Why are we celebrating a man's death? It is irrelevant that the man was going to rob the store; it is still human life. Jesus didn't advocate violence. Are we becoming such a desensitized country that guns are the solution to all problems? It just doesn't seem right. It doesn't seem the Christian way to deal with things.
check your shorts genius.
The devil comes in many forms. This man did not set out in the morning to kill someone. Choices were made...tough choices. One chose to put a gun in his hand and threaten another person. The other chose to save lives. You being a Christian should know then that if he asks for forgiveness for his sins, God will accept him in his Kingdom and he will be saved. The other man has to live with taking another man's life. You tell me...who will have the harder test in life???
Cwalker, step away from the bong.
I have owned firearms since I was 12 yrs old and I pray I will never have to use deadly force against anyone. I am betting this is not a joke to the man who stopped the robbery.
It's all good until someone with a CCP kills an innocent friend of a clerk instead of a real robber.
Great, this guy got a real robber.
Don't get caught drawing on an innocent like George Zimmerman did or your life will be over.
What kind innocent? If somebody is beating on me, and I'm carrying, better believe I will defend myself. Only problem is that the kid who was doing the beating was black and Zimmerman is not black enough, so he has to be prosecuted.
But attaboy for the citizen in FL, that's one perp who will not be doing robberies any more. And after they ID him, will be no big deal to get his accomplice.
The good news, is that Trayvon Martin (tm) has not committed any violent drug felonies since attacking Mr. Zimmerman.
Better to be tried by 12 than carried by 6!!
Great news. Need some positive stories like this.
nows your moment in the sun gun nuts. every time since incident like aurora happens you rednecks say well if someone else had a gun this wouldn't have happened. so in enjoy this 1 out of 100 time where your theory actually worked.
actually its only one out of one times that the left wing media reports it. This is just one of many more cases.
99% of the time a gun is never fired in defence most cowards run when they discovered their victim is armed. Many events like this happen and are never reported because they prove the need for armed citizens.
Remember: When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Australia's crime rate went up 300% after they collected all privatly own fire arms.
No, the criminals did not turn theirs in.
Oh so this happens all the time the media just doesn't report it? so how do you know about it? please. even that propaganda delivery network you call faux news doesn't report crap like this cuz it almost never happens you lying sack of sh*t.
...Didn't mention whether the robbers were wearing hoodies or had Skittles, did it?
Lol.
Have a 357 large enough to make the dirt bag pee on him/herself just before I shoot them.
Richard, that can be a fatal assumption. It simply doesn't work that way.
Only REASONABLE people are concerned when a firearm is pointed at them. And if they were reasonable, they probably wouldn't have done whatever they did that caused you to have to point your firearm at them in the first place.
Nah...you want a Judge. Handles .410 ga. shotgun shells as well as regular bullets. THAT is a mean looking revolver.
A few thing... Why in the heck would you rob a dollar store? Why would you need a gun to rob a dollar store where mostly seniors shop. And how do you shoot only one guy with a gun. Only one robber must have had a gun, or he would have fired back you think? How awful would it have been if a shootout occured killing several.
It's still awful. Someone died because he chose a gun to "live" his life. The other chose a gun to help protect lives....his and others. Not everyone needs to carry a weapon. Knowing that the potential is there, this may help to assist other potential criminals by forcing them to realize that if they do something bad like this they can end up dead. Maybe this fact out there will help save lives without even a pulling a trigger.
@Richard:...Got a lot of questions and not many answers, dontcha?
@phaz: ...You're absolutely correct! ...The more bad guys we gun down, the less crime there'll be. ...Spread the word!
...How come it didn't mention what race the robber who got away was? ...Isn't that an important part of the description?
...At any rate, it's great this story came out. Let this stand as proof to all you goofy anti-gun liberals that, yes, if just one guy in the crowd had a C&C and was armed, things would have turned out differently and FOR THE BETTER (at Aurora, etc., etc.).
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Any truth to the rumor that the robber looked enough like the president to be his son?
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whaaaaa haaaa haaaaa haaaaa !!!!!!!
OK Anti gun people answer this question:
A person is holding a gun to your life partner's/illegitimate child's/crack ho's head attempting to rob, you have a gun, a full mag, one in the chamber, and a clear shot to center mass of the person holding the gun and he does not know you are there, What do you do? What do you do? Think about it. Yea, that's what I thought.
Gee you really told us.
Think about the 12,000 annual gun homicides in the USA that happen EVERY year compared to your one in a billion story.
Think about it. Yea, that's what I thought.
Facts?? Link(s) please.
...@phaz & @William: Why don't you two just cheer for the good guy instead of whining all the time?
So your are saying you would just take the chance your loveone does not get shot!!!!!!!!!!!!
Show me the 12,000 stats, break it down into Suicides vs Homicides vs Accidents vs Murders/crimes committed by CCL holders, Educate yourself and try again.
grip...you're mistaken. Read before commenting. My comment is for William. All my comments are FOR the real victims here. The people in the store...not the dead criminal.
Gun Violence in America
Firearms are the second leading cause of traumatic death related to a consumer product in the United States and are the second most frequent cause of death overall for Americans ages 15 to 24. Since 1960, more than a million Americans have died in firearm suicides, homicides, and unintentional injuries. In 2003 alone, 30,136 Americans died by gunfire: 16,907 in firearm suicides, 11,920 in firearm homicides, 730 in unintentional shootings, and 232 in firearm deaths of unknown intent, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Nearly three times that number are treated in emergency rooms each year for nonfatal firearm injuries.
This is actually from the NRA policy website.
Justifiable homicide is included in the firearm homicides category. As are homicides that occurred during the commission of a crime and criminal on criminal homicide, criminal shooting victim, cops shooting criminals. The firearm suicides are irrelevant, they would have used something else if they didn't have a firearm. The unintentional shootings are relevant, but comparatively speaking that and the unknowns are pretty low numbers. No statistic on how many of those were caused by a CCL holder.
Death is death traumatic or otherwise. Of the firearm homicide, how many by non-criminals (no Criminal past), i will give you the 730 Darwin award shootings, how many commited by CCL holders???? To small to count maybe. Brings the numbers way down, way below falling off a ladder.
And that data is not from the NRA it is from The Violence Policy Center (a anti gun group)http://www.vpc.org/nrainfo/phil.html
I wonder how all of you "people" that are so happy this life was ended would feel the next time this happens and it's not a marksman. Oh and they end up killing YOUR loved ones that happens to be in the line of fire because they are not a marksman and shaky because of whats happening. Should we be happy your loved one got killed as well because what the Hell collateral damage happens right?
I'd like to find out what the robbers story is. Was this his first one? Lost job no food for the kids? Robbery is not a life threatening crime normally. All they want is the money and a fast way out. Now robbers will come in and kill everyone first as a just in case. Hows that law working then? Anyone that is happy a life was ended need help.
Lol.
...One more dead thug; I'm happy! ...Now, gimme some help! ...Cash always helps. ...LMAO!!!
It's life threatening when they use a gun. That makes it a felony. He chose to use a firearm to commit a crime. You are going to bet your life that 'they aren't really going to use the gun, they just are waving it around until they get the money then they are going to leave'? Seriously?
MJ they were ARMED robbers- not just robbers! Quit being so melodramatic.
If he had just lost a job and needed food for his kids there are enough places to turn for help. Most churches and soup kitchens can help or even file for unemployment or welfare. His story is the same as many others. Instead of actually working for a living and being a productive citizen to support his many offspring he decided to arm himself and be a "taker" thinking it would be quick and easy. Fortunately it was he that lost his life instead of the innocent clerk or other shoppers in the store.
Before some hate spewing liberal says I am a racist I want to state this: there is white trash, black trash, brown trash, red trash etc. They are all (takers) from those of us that abide by the myriad of laws, work to pay taxes etc. I feel there is a civil war brewing and it will be divided not by race, but by the TAKERS vs. the persons in this country tired of their bull@!$%# of being a drag on society.
Boo-hoo. I don't care about their life story, I care only that they chose to attempt armed robbery of others and threatened those innocent people with their weapons. Any potential sob story about broken homes, etc., is completely irrelevant to that choice. There are plenty of other people with sob stories (grow up poor, in broken homes, in rough neighborhoods, etc.) who do NOT go around committing armed robbery.
As the saying goes, "don't do the crime if you can't do the time." Pulling a gun on someone justifies the use of deadly force to end the threat (whether by the victim, or by a defender of the victim). The criminal who got killed just happened to pay the ultimate price for his poor choices in life. Meanwhile, the hero has permanently removed a scumbag from the streets and saved the city a lot of tax dollars (no court costs, no jailing costs, etc.), but has to cope with having taken a life. That isn't an easy thing for a normal person, even when it is justified. If you're going to have sympathy for someone in this scenario, it certainly should be for that guy, NOT for the scumbags that were trying to rob them.
Before you gun clutchers pop the champagne this story is also on NBC .
...@William: Waaaaaaaahhhhh!!! Waaaaaaaaahhhhhh! ...LMAO!!!!!
If this is your level of reasoning (which is consistent with your cowardly anti-gun postings) then, wow!
Comparing an actual accident to a man saving lives?
I'll laugh at the one story, relieved that he wasn't killed, and happily drink the champagne and toast the law abiding citizen with a concealed carry permit.
Are those 12,000 'gun homicides' (source?) you reference committed by law abiding citizens, or...?
Source?
Willammo,many people like this woman and yourself should never own a gun. You are incapable of properly handling a weapon and would not have the nads to use it if you did know how . Just hope the cops are nearby when the thugs visit you .