NY Gas Station Clerk Fends off Armed Robbers with Shotgun

opposing views ^ | 25 October, 2009 | na

[marktwain]

A Long Island gas station clerk says he was just doing his job Wednesday night when the two masked men stormed in and demanded cash. He grabbed their shotgun and chased them away.

Video at link.

[marktwain]

Shotguns are very effective.

[Paladin2]

Who gets to keep the gun?

[iopscusa]

Good video for training, the PC Police in Nassau County in NO SELF DEFENCE, New York, say give them the money, don’t try to defend yourself....so the petty criminals get the $$s and then are free to murder the clerk anyway.
Sorry for those that have the Blue State blues!

[thethirddegree]

Mayor Loonberg of course.

[Seruzawa]

Why isn’t this guy under arrest? Isn’t acting in self-defense a violation of police union rules? I mean, where would the cops be if citizens were allowed to defend themselves. And just think of the trauma the poor victims of society, the would be robbers, are going through now. They need counseling. The State should make this guy pay for their counseling after he serves his sentence for intimidating these powerless victims of capitalist oppression.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

I wonder if the store was a gun-free zone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7pGt_O1uM8

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Shotguns are great, but if you put the barrel right into someones hand they’ll take it away from you! Damn stupid gangbangers, too bad he didn’t shoot them!

[Pearls Before Swine]

I’d like to see someone say for the camera, “My employer doesn’t allow me to resist robbery, so take the money. The shotgun is for protecting me.”

[arthurus]

It belongs to the police now. It was int the storekeep's possession for a few minutes but I don't think he ever "owned" it. One thing to consider if ever in that man's position is you have to put the gun down on the ground and be well away from it when the police arrive so they don't think they get to shoot you.

[RebelTex]

Jackie Mason on gun control:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn9cX5BaqYc

[Hardastarboard]

Your comment reminds me of a joke that George Will once told. Two liberals are walking after dark in New York when they come upon a man who has been beaten, robbed, and left in the gutter. The notice him, and immediately become upset.

"We HAVE to find whoever did this. He clearly has issues as the result of a traumatic childhood. We have to find that poor soul and get him some help, get him enrolled in some programs."

[6SJ7]

Shotguns are great, but if you put the barrel right into someones hand they’ll take it away from you! Damn stupid gangbangers, too bad he didn’t shoot them!

Same kind of dumb-a** criminal is the type who will stick a loaded gun into their waistband with the barrel pointed at their family jewels! It looks so very gangsta-cool until the gun goes off! Ha!