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Well, just about any clerk in a convenience store who carries and drops the armed robber is violating a "ban" similar to that on the VT campus.

Most chain convenience stores have an official policy prohibiting clerks from carrying, and they fire those who are caught.

But the clerks quite rightly figure they won't have a job anyway if they're dead, and tote in violation of company policy.

Those encounters frequently have "happy endings". You can always find another job, after all.

But the clerks quite rightly figure they won't have a job anyway if they're dead, and tote in violation of company policy.

The major pizza delivery chains also have no carry policies, but that didn't stop me from carrying when I did that work through college. Heck, the manager at my last store knew I carried - I even showed him my piece and went shooting with him a couple of times. He told me that if I ever had to use my gun on the job he'd have to fire me, and I told him I knew that and that I'd just find another job.

You said — “Those encounters frequently have “happy endings”. You can always find another job, after all.”

Well, the “not happy endings” is referring to the *consequences* that someone suffers when they violate the rule or policy or law.

For instance, the student in Colorado who was thrown into jail (I believe, or perhaps just arrested and released, don’t remember) and that was because he had guns in a no-gun-zone (at his university). Now, he’s facing all sorts of hassles and/or troubles.

Now, as far as the clerk who has shot at a robber, I would like to see that evidence of where there was a store policy and/or law on the books that prohibited that — and yet, when he (or she) shot a thief (or a potential thief, as it may be) — that he had no consequences for that (either legally or getting fired). That’s exactly what I’m talking about in regards to no good ending.

AND, the reason why I’m saying that, is that I hear some suggesting to *do it anyway* — regardless of the laws or policies and it just doesn’t matter. What I’m saying is that it’s *not going to be a good ending*.

That student in Colorado can attest to that right now. But, yes, tell me about some good endings (i.e., “no consequences for breaking university policy, store policy, business policy, city laws, state laws, etc. or whatever)...

I’d like to find that case...

Regards,
Star Traveler