Posted on 06/30/2021 7:21:46 AM PDT by Red Badger
Last week a legally armed Papa John’s employee shot and killed a man who attempted to rob the store.
The other suspect is still at large, Clark County Sheriff’s Major Chris Clark told Fox News.
“They came running in with weapons and tried to rob us. … One’s shot and wounded on the floor, one of them ran out,” an employee told a 911 dispatcher after the shooting, according to WHIO-TV. “They had weapons, the one had a big crowbar and the other one looked like a knife and they were sprinting toward us.”
According to Dayton Daily News, the Papa John’s employee who shot the suspect told police that he was a lawful concealed carrier.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office identified the man who died as 21-year-old Gage Melton, according to the local newspaper.
In January Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed an expanded stand your ground law which says “a person has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person’s residence if that person is in a place in which the person lawfully has a right to be.”
Conceal carry permit holders around the country have had a great track record, with countless examples from a variety of places. Big League Politics has previously reported on various armed civilians stopping crime, including Jack Wilson, the hero who stopped an attempted mass shooting in the Fort-Worth area of Texas. “The survivor, Evan Todd, cited the example of Jack Wilson’s heroics at the Freeway Church of Christ near Fort Worth, Texas, where he stopped a potential mass shooting from taking place. Todd was the first student to be wounded during this shooting rampage that claimed the lives of 13 people. He was allegedly the last person to speak to the two Columbine murderers before they committed suicide.This experience taught Todd the importance of having school security in order to protect students, teachers, and staff. “I stared down the barrel of a gun at Columbine, where 13 people were murdered and almost 30 wounded,” Todd tweeted. “I wished then and now that we had a Jack Wilson that fateful day. The world would be a better place if there were more men and women like Jack Wilson.”
More on that can be found here.
As the saying goes, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun!”
He may not necessarily be fired. Unless their bylaws specifically state immediate termination of found with a firearm on your person inside a Papa John’s location, then he may or may not be fired. Wording on these matters can be tricky.
Since it’s a franchise, it would appear employment is up to each I imdividual owner...unless it so violates a contract between the franchise owner and headquarters.
We deliver.
Better ingredients.
Better pizza.
Better not try and rob us........................
Where’s the part where he was an aspiring rap artist?
Ohio has always been pretty well armed. People don’t talk about it much, but it’s rare to find someone here without at least one gun in their homes. If anything is new, it’s the amount of gun owners who are getting CCW licenses, and who are now actively taking courses and practicing at the range.
And what would you like for toppings on your pizza, Sir?
Oh, I`ll have couple pieces of lead.
Hold the anchovies.
“Bleed out in 20 minutes or less or we’ll shoot you again!”
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