[Lurker]

I know this store owner and have done business with him for years.

I'm glad he survived and that the perp didn't.

L

[Lurker]

Here's another one for you.

L

[kinoxi]

Police described the incident as a real shoot out, as the two men emptied their weapons into each other.

Damn.

[HitmanLV]

Of course I am glad that the bad guy got what was coming to him, but I admit, as a comic collector since the tender age of 7 or so way back in 1975, and having dealth with comic book dealers since then, it's really hard to be sympathetic to a comic book store dealer.

Just kidding! ;-)

[Question Liberal Authority]

Worst. Customer. Ever.

[ConservativeMind]

Ping!

[Bigh4u2]

"1 Dead In Comic Store Shootout "

As long as it was the 'right' one.

Which, in this case, it was.

One less perp to contend with. Saves tons of money for tax payers too.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Webb was sentenced out-of-state to 15 years in prison in 1994 for armed robbery.

Sounds like another Michael Dukakis ad in the making to me. As well as a future felon democrat voter. The DNC will get him to the polls tomorrow, right?

[Ben Mugged]

Police described the incident as a real shoot out, as the two men emptied their weapons into each other.

Point the gun, pull the trigger, repeat until you are out of bullets. Reload, repeat as necessary to remove the menace.

[romanesq]

Damn bastard tried to steal Spidey. No one steal spidey and gets out alive.

[Delta 21]

Glad the good guys won this one.

[Rastus]

“The question is whether or not this store owner had the right to protect himself and to have a weapon,” Birkett said. “He does. He has a (Firearm Owners Identification) card. He's got that right under Illinois law.”

I'm glad the State granted him the privilege of defending himself. If he hadn't had that card, it would have been best to just let the thug have his way.

[Vaquero]

Worst Robbery EVER!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The alleged robber, who is reportedly from Hanover Park, was pronouned dead.

Those wicked pronouns will be the death of us all.

[null and void]

Sooooooo, how many did he get in the x ring?

[basil]

Score one for the good guys!

It's always pitiful to see how many Second Amendment infringements that law-abiding citizens have to get through to be "legal", though. The criminal never bothers with all the red tape, they just get a gun and go out to do their business.

From the article, we learn that if this store had been in Chicago, the store owner would now be dead.

[monkeybrau]

He had a right to possess a weapon. He had a (firearm owner's identification) card, he has a right to have the weapon.”

Birkett said the practice is legal except in municipalities, such as Chicago, that specifically bar handgun ownership.

"He'd be dead if he were operating his business in Chicago - and local politicians agree that is best" Birkett was quoted as saying. (not really).

[steve-b]

[kromike]

During the shootout, were there word-balloons such as, "BAM-BAM!" and "POW!"?

And when the perp died, did they find the ever-present "Arrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhh" word-balloon????

>;)

[Cobra64]

Police described the incident as a real shoot out, as the two men emptied their weapons into each other.

I guess they were single shot Thompson Contenders.

[Starter]

Actually, I think that there was a shootout in a comic book store in that film. And it was written by our own Jim Robinson!

Well, okay. It was written by James Robinson, a fairly well known comic guy, but it's an odd coincidence.