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"I don't recommend it, but I probably would do something, too," said Lance Klatt, Minnesota Service Station Association executive director. "This should open people's eyes. What's it going to take for people to stop stealing gas? Is it going to take some lives?"

True story. A relative owns a small chain of convenience stores in Louisiana. One day, at one of his stores, he noted a "drive-off" gasoline thief, so he hopped into his car and followed the perp. As he follows, he is talking to the cops on his car phone (this was before the days of widespread cell phones). Perp pulls off the road and stops, so my cousin also pulls off and continues to observe and report. Perp gets out of his car, pulls a pistol and proceeds to head for my cousin's vehicle. Cousin pulls out his own firearm. Perp misses---cousin doesn't. Perp "terminated with extreme prejudice". Note that he is on the phone to the cops basically the entire time, so no charges were pressed.

Note that he is on the phone to the cops basically the entire time, so no charges were pressed.

GOOD!

In his younger days, hubby managed a convenience store.

When ever someone would drive off without paying for gas, he would run outside with an 8oz can of tomato sauce and throw it through the car's window.

Then he'd call the cops and they would arrest the perp for shoplifting....not only the gas, but the tomato sauce too!

The cops started calling him the Tomato Can man.

LOL!