[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

[Tribune7]

That headline would make a lot more sense if it was "1 Dead In Shootout At Coin Shop"

[Jalapeno]

bump

[ApplegateRanch]

Perp had a single shot?

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

The owner of the store was taken to Alexian Brothers Hospital with a gunshot wound to his arm.

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

Glad the perp only hit the owner in the arm, with the one bullet, which "emptied his weapon"...and that the owner perforated the perp right royally.

Mighty big of the DA & cops to decide not to charge.

I also noticed the owner was able to fire until empty, despite his wound, but had to go elsewhere "to get help dialing 911!" Gives a little extra bleed-out time, just in case the perp may be savable by paramedics.

I'll have to remember that piece of advice. LOL

[festus]

"KERPOW!!!!"


Glad the good guys mostly ok and bad guy is pushin up daiseys.

[tubebender]

When I saw the headline my first thought was it was a shootout in a store that turned comic but knowing comic book collectors I gave it a second glance...

[Eaker]

Good on him!

Thanks for posting this.

[FreedomPoster]

>>The shopkeeper wounded Webb several times, including the apparently fatal bullet to the head.

"Two in the chest, one in the head, makes sure, they're really dead."

[America_Right]

You tell 'em, Steve-Dave!!!

[El Gato]

The DuPage County Coroner's office scheduled an autopsy for Webb at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

I can save them some effort.

Death by gunshot.

And poor choice of robbery target.

[El Gato]

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

Wouldn't happen to know what caliber and action type he favors would you?

Dang reporters always leave out the most important and useful information.

[mad_as_he$$]

Oh it wasn't the fat apathetic guy on the Simpson's? Glad the guy made it.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

ANY 'Comic Book Man' could easily take a whole clip and still keep on a' truckin'. Glad your friend is OK and that the perp has Assumed Room Temperature. ;)

[ThomasThomas]

This will be out the comic buff, question..

How real is comic book guy?

[perfect stranger]

The authorities refused to identify the victim, but the local media has no problem placing the business address of said victim in the first paragraph of the story.

[Cogadh na Sith]

I'm glad he survived too.

Having said that, I've been in a few comic stores:

Those arguments about the best Spiderman artist get pretty heated!

[VeniVidiVici]

WEBB ROBS COMIC BOOK GUY!! ONE DEAD!

Those evil Democrats!

[Atlas Sneezed]

1 Dead In Comic Store Shootout

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I don't think that any shootout is "comic," and there is certainly nothing funny about this one.

;-)

[dennisw]

I love story w/ a happy ending. The taxpayers are big winners since no trial and incarceration for the would be thief. Only burial expenses

[Jonah Hex]

So, was the perp put into a plastic bag and graded "Mint"?

[epow]

“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.”

He has right to have a weapon and to protect himself with or without an IL FOI card.

It bugs me no end to hear LEOs and government officials saying that the state confers on a citizen the right to possess arms and to defend himself or herself with deadly force. Those rights are conferred on every man and woman at birth, not by the state upon payment of what amounts to a tax on a right granted by God and not by the state. The 2nd Amendment merely forbids government infringement of that natural right, a restraint which is routinely violated by government at every level from local ordinances to federal law.

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but I have to get this rant off my chest now and then to keep my blood pressure under control.

REMEMBER TO VOTE TODAY, AND REMEMBER WHO OUR FRIENDS ARE AND WHO OUR ENEMIES ARE WHEN YOU MARK THAT BALLOT. When Democrats controlled Congress every session passed new restrictions of some type on guns and/or gun owners, since Republicans took control some of those restrictions, the AWB for instance, have been lifted. Vote for the candidate who will do the least harm to your rights even if you are unhappy with some of the things he or she has done or failed to do on other issues. History teaches that once our RKBA is lost our other rights will soon be lost also.