[Mobile Vulgus]

Guns are bad. SO bad that even when they do a good deed we must berate them!!!

[Bullish]

Guns aren’t bad. It’s crack addicts like Boonie that are bad.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

San Francisco worships criminals and deviants. But hey, let’s not lose sight of the story’s happy ending!

[FrdmLvr]

AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FoxInSocks]

"We want citizens to be good witnesses, to be good report-takers and to identify suspects."

A witness won't identify anyone if he's dead -- unless the killer lets him write a report first.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

“Holmgren said, “We’re not saying that we want citizens to go out there and arm themselves and take the law into their own hands. We want citizens to be good witnesses, to be good report-takers and to identify suspects.”

Read: “We prefer dead citizens to dead perps”

[Cvengr]

..and the Oakland Police Dept doesn’t want people to defend themselves...

[Comus]

Piedra needs some training, he only got one out of three? Even IDPA shooters can do better than that.

[Duke Nukum]

"despite the alleged abuse, Hicks was a 'good person.'"

What is wrong with California?

[Duke Nukum]

"despite the alleged abuse, Hicks was a 'good person.'"

What is wrong with California?

[Theresawithanh]

Hey, this is just more of the “unbiased” reporting from our lovely MSM! Move along now, nothing to see here. /s

[BenLurkin]

Is this for real?

Un-believable — all of it.

Frisco must be awash in brown acid.

[kcvl]

"This thing had potential -- who knows where the suspects were going to take the situation"?

Uhh, they were going to KILL the owner and his family.

We're not saying that we want citizens to go out there and arm themselves and take the law into their own hands. We want citizens to be good witnesses, to be good report-takers and to identify suspects."

Oh, Please. Wait for the police to do what? After they killed his family?

Maybe the next crook will think twice before trying to rob this man.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“We want citizens to be good witnesses, to be good report-takers and to identify suspects.”
Dead men don’t talk, or wear plaid!

[mtbopfuyn]

Obviously, if the pizza owner had offered the robber an understanding hug all would have worked out for the best.

/s

[kcvl]

Allen Joseph Hicks III, 22, was an accused batterer on probation for a drug conviction and an aspiring rap artist whom everybody in his neighborhood knew as "Boonie."

[RightOnline]

What on EARTH are those drooling idiots at the Chronicle smoking?????

[gaijin]

You wouldn't want it to happen, but it happened. Ain't no telling why that shooting occurred."

Hey, I'll hazard a guess: BECAUSE HE CHOSE TO COMMIT ARMED ROBBERY.

How's THAT, to clear up those random, swirling forces of destiny?

IDIOT.

[TheBethsterNH]

Come on...the poor guy had a nasty habit to fund that he struggled with...LOL...BOOM, solves that problem.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

"If we have law enforcement, should (businesses) have guns? I don't think so. They're inviting trouble."

WTF? Someone should explain to "Ali" what enforcement means. When someone is murdered the police will try to find the killer and arrest him.. thus 'enforcing' a law against murder. No cop can protect you from the the crime happening in the first place. You MUST defend yourself.

[Plutarch]

If we have law enforcement, should (businesses) have guns? I don't think so. They're inviting trouble."

I would think that trouble felt distinctly disinvited by the outcome of this incident.