Posted on 07/16/2019 8:59:03 AM PDT by alacobob
It's a crapshoot, a dilemma for many store clerks. Should I arm myself even though my employer insists his store must be a gun-free zone?
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Catch-22 at the Food Mart
by Robert A. Waters
It’s a crapshoot, a dilemma for many store clerks. Should I arm myself even though my employer insists his store must be a gun-free zone?
That decision can mean life or death.
The New York Times once wrote that convenience store clerks have the second most dangerous job in America (behind cab drivers). Every day proves the Times right.
Last month in Houston, Se Young Lee complied with three masked robbers who targeted the ExxonMobil gas station and convenience store where he worked. Lee opened the cash register so they could take the money, then held his hands in the air. They murdered him anyway.
Trisha Stull, clerk at a Sunhouse food mart in Conway, Texas, handed over the day’s receipts to three robbers. As they left the store, one robber turned and shot her dead. Just three weeks before, the gang had murdered another compliant store clerk, Bala Parachuri.
In Kelso, Washington, Kayla Chapman died during a late-night robbery at Holt’s Quik Chek. Even though she gave cash and cigarettes to the robbers, it didn’t stop them from gunning her down.
The following case might have ended the same way.
While working the graveyard shift in a Portland, Orgeon Plaid Pantry [convenience store], Kristopher Follis made a decision that cost him his job. A robber, his face covered, entered and pulled a hatchet from his pocket. After the assailant demanded money, Follis, a concealed carry permit holder, retrieved his handgun. Holding the firearm in the air, Follis demanded that the robber get on his knees and wait for police. The thief laid his weapon on the counter, apologized, then fled.
Although no shots were fired, Follis was quickly terminated.
Most chain convenience stores have policies against keeping firearms on the premises. The Oregonian newspaper reported that Plaid Pantry CEO Jonathan Polonsky said in a statement that ‘in the event a robbery does occur, the focus shifts entirely to non-resistance, cooperation, and violence avoidance for the safety of our employees and customers.’”
In other words, the CEO wants his frontline employees to take a chance they won’t be assaulted or murdered. As stated above, it’s a crapshoot, with clerks being caught in the crosshairs of company policy or common sense.
Follis told reporters he hated losing his job. But he added, “I would rather get fired over something like that than possibly be in the hospital dying.”
Thousands of compliant clerks have been murdered by ruthless killers. Here are two examples from my blog:
Linda Raulerson, a Lake City, Florida clerk at Joy American Foods, handed over the cash register tray to an armed robber, then was shot to death. Video surveillance showed that she complied and offered no resistance. Her killer has never been caught.
Lee Ann Larmon, working the graveyard shift at the Presto convenience store in Hernando County, Florida, was kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered by two losers, Todd Mendyk and Phillip Frantz.
Robert A. Waters and Sim Waters are authors of Guns and Self-Defense: 23 Inspirational True Crime Stories of Survival with Firearms.
Posted by Robert A. Waters
at 12:23 PM
It’s only a “gun free zone” for the good guys. Walk home jobless or a trip to the morgue jobless.
I remember one time, while watching my daughter’s middle school girls soccer game, one of the players on the other team cold cocked one of her players. I sprinted onto the field as the coach yelled, “The refs will handle it!”
My response as I continued running: This is an assault and battery matter now. Refs are just wearing costumes at this point. It just happens to have happened on a sports field.
Same here. It may get you fired, but safety trumps “rules”.
I always carry.
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Years back a friend worked in the field for Time Warner and often was in the heart of the ‘Hood. Despite company policy he carried every day also.
Private Property?
Public Access/Accommodation?
“No Shirts/No Shoes -No Service” signs abound in warm weather.
“No Pets”
“No Smoking”
Banning Concealed (no printing) Carry?
Interesting dilemma indeed.
Kinda what I was thinking. I’d rather be fired by 1 than carried by 6?
Your re-post is not seen as a great public service by all Freepers. I would rather not have to scroll past it to see the other responses. And you left out the formatting and the graphics.
So, you and humblegunner aren’t quite the great public servants you might think yourself to be.
And thanks for nothing!
Concealed MEANS Concealed!!!
If that poster is a spammer, you shouldn’t post the entire (unformatted) article; you should report abuse.
Enjoy your crusade! I don’t ...
You posted an interesting topic.
Too bad your blog pimping has hijacked your thread.
Repost the entire article. Thanks.
Better to be tried by 12 than carried by six.
Gun Free Zone - That’s why they are called ‘Convenience Stores’.....It’s convenient for the criminals...............
Great article. Thanks for posting.
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Guns are not allowed in my place of employment either HOWEVER I always carry, you never know when a disgruntled employee will go on a rampage!! It has happened to often somebody in the workplace has to FINALLY take a stand, I PRAY the day never comes but if it does I will NEVER give some SOB total control of that situation!!!
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