“...our biggest fear is that somebody would have gotten hurt, injured and possibly even died.”
If the store owner had been a better shot, it could have been one of the thieves.
If the store owner was a better shot she should get a commission check.
In California in 2009, it cost an average of $47,102 a year to incarcerate an inmate in state prison. From 2001 to 2009, the average annual cost increased by about $19,500.[92]