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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

If I'm not dead, that's a "happy ending". Especially if I'm working in a convenience store. THAT's not a job worth dying for. In fact, I can't think of any job worth dying for.

Many of our convenience stores here locally are mom 'n' pop, and of course there are no negative job consequences to terminating the armed robber with extreme prejudice there. There was a little grocery up in NW GA somewhere where the old man who owned it and his wife bagged THREE armed robbers at one time - 2 dead, 1 wounded and arrested. No charges (it was a small rural community) and I think the sheriff wanted to give them a medal for removing three real troublemakers from the county.

The consequences to "carry anyway" are rough if it gets you thrown out of school or arrested. (Seems to me they could only arrest you if carrying on campus was a violation of law, not just school policy as at VT.) But if you lose a job at the Kangaroo or 7-11, it seems to me the risk/reward ratio is acceptable, particularly considering how much more likely it is that you're going to encounter some thug with a gun.