Several decades ago I lived in a small CO town.
Two thugs came in to a liquor store, took the two clerks into the basement and murdered them both, after raping the female.
All the liquor store owners got together and made a pact that this would never happen again. Every clerk openly carried a holstered weapon. Shotguns were racked behind the counter.
The owners wouldn’t hire a clerk who refused to work armed. Cops trained new employees.
When I left, about five years later, there had been no more liquor store robberies.
Don’t know if the policy is still in effect.
“When I left, about five years later, there had been no more liquor store robberies.
Don’t know if the policy is still in effect.”
That reminds me of living in conservative Bakersfield, California years ago. I recall seeing regularly on the news bank robberies in Los Angeles. When I asked someone if this had happened in Bakersfield, they said yes, several years before, but has not happened since.
Seems some guys from LA thought it was easy pickings in the hick town of Bakersfield, but after they robbed the bank, the sheriffs caught up with them but they all died in a ‘gunfight.’
Too bad for them, but no one mourned their loss as it sure made an improved environment in Bakersfield.