WA: Coffee Stand Encourages Armed Employees

Gun Watch ^ | 19 March, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

A small sign of renewed American freedom has been noticed in Spokane, Washington.    Jitterz Java was robbed twice in February of this year.   On March 16th, an armed robber was run off by an armed employee.  As noted in the above image, at least one barista believes in the deterrent effect of open carry.

The owner, Sara Chapel has taken steps to reduce her losses.  From spokesman.com:

The recent string of violence has owner Sara Chapel fed up. “The way I’ve been scheduling the girls is that at least one girl who carries a gun is always on shift,” she said. The women will carry their own personal handguns that they’ve been trained to use.
 
Chapel has encouraged all of her employees to seek firearms training. 

It only took a few minutes for the police to arrive in the previous two robberies, but that was long enough for the robber to get away.

Firearms are displayed with positive results far more often than  they are fired.   The ratio of display to firing a shot is likely 20 to 1.   Most criminals do not want to get into a gun fight or risk being shot.  They will look for easier prey.

With this publicity, Jitterz Java will be an interesting test case.  I predict they will not be robbed in the next year.  

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[marktwain]

Now some businesses are encouraging their employees to carry. There is that Pizza chain in Indiana, for another.

[Regulator]

I knew I liked Spokane...

[skinkinthegrass]

*dreamin'/*
that's my kinka woman, she's pourin' & packin'
"yah want two lumps or a double pump"
*/dreamin'*

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I strongly recommend that businesses encourage their employees to carry, as a tangible way for them to show their employees that they care about them. Granted, there are different “moods” for this, but there is always a reason.

To start with, businesses that deal in cash and valuables have long known the value of having armed employees, though truthfully, armed robbers are often so terribly stupid that they will try to rob a place with armed employees anyway.

The next most vulnerable are, of all places, discount and convenience stores. Again, it shows the stupidity of a lot of robbers that dollar stores are frequent targets of robbery.

Even businesses that are just administrative may have their employees robbed in the course of business or going to or coming home from work.

So many reasons, but unless you work around compressed gases or volatile liquids, or very strong magnetic fields, there needs to be a logical reason for employees to *not* be armed.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Re: above - We need more Krystals working in more establishments.

[andyk]

We need more Krystals working in more establishments

Boy and howdy! Just for sending the message, I mean.

[Navy Patriot]

Positive image for a positive policy.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[cloudmountain]

Would that photo be an example of a

PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA???

[skinkinthegrass]

BUMP TO THE TOP!