Posted on 10/15/2022 5:07:38 AM PDT by devane617
Four suspects allegedly tried robbing a jewelry booth at the Magic Mall in Orlando when the store owner shot and killed two of them, police said October 14, 2022 2:50pm EDT Two robbery suspects were shot and killed by a jewelry store owner during a robbery attempt inside a Florida shopping mall, and two other suspects are being sought, police said. The robbery occurred at the Magic Mall in Orlando when four suspects robbed a jewelry booth with at least one of them armed, the Orlando Police Department told Fox News. "The store owner shot at the suspects," police said in a statement. "One suspect was found deceased on scene. The three other suspects fled in a vehicle that was later found at a nearby location." One of the robbery suspects in the vehicle had a gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital where he died.
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Crime doesn’t have to pay when the owner is armed.
Thank God this business owner is in FL. anywhere else he would be in jail, just like the bodega owner in NY was!!
Civilization may survive afterall if everyone fights back.
My law partner in Atlanta represented a trade group of jewelry wholesalers who operated in the AmericasMart in downtown Atlanta. Big vertical complex, like a mall, but instead of the general public, you had retailers as the primary customers. Tremendous security, nothing ever happened on the premises. But the retail jewelers who would travel there would get ripped off on the way to their cars, or at their hotels after being followed from the Mart. It’s a phenomenal target that seizes the small brains of petty criminals. Good to know that there are two less of them out there, courtesy of this well-prepared merchant. Righteous kills!
I like happy endings.
Double barrel shotguns do have their limitations unless you shoot a lot of cowboy matches.
I am familiar with that area, which is formally known as the Pine Hills neighborhood. Orlando locals often refer to it as “crime hills” and it is a center of the local drug trade. It is politely described as “ethnically diverse.”
I had relatives who used to work in the jewelry district (NYC, 47th St, IIRC). That was the safest street in town. Lots of Orthodox-garbed jewelers carrying some serious hardware.
Please FReepers, no “needs more time at the range” or “bigger caliber” posts.
Ahh... the Magic Mall out on Highway 50...
My students at the treatment center told me I needed to go there. Fifty bucks, they said, there’s this guy who can give you any ink you want.
They then displayed their numerous sleeves (they were all under 17) of the worst prison-level “No Regerts” ink. I passed, of course, since I don’t have any interest in ink (no offense to the fine folk who do, it’s just not my thing.) But if I wanted a drawing of John Gatti holding stacks of money... that was the place. Only Gatti looked more like Uncle Fester from the Addams Family.
But back in the day when I was a cute little co-ed at Valencia -— that area was nice, and that mall had the BEST Blockbuster that had a great horror section and an impressive foreign/cult film section.
Then the ‘hood spread out.
Glad the owner fought back.
Awesome.....the way things should be!!
I can’t go to the range without Ammo - Cabela’s - Rural King - Farm & Fleet still do not have ANY .357 or 38 Special Ammo in stock - it has been over a year since any was available.
Sooo, 2 white guys got away?
I’m with you on “needs more” and “bigger.” I think some of these folks sound like Joe Biden with his “not a joke” and other trite expressions triggered in a feeble brain.
Sadly, the two robbery suspects left behind nine children among five baby mamas.
Two options:
1. Order online at ammoseek.com. It is a web browser for ammo. But you need to order in 500 or 1000 round lots to make it economical. But you will save a lot of money when you purchase 500-1000 rds per time. or;
2. Reload. The 38 Special is the easiest round to reload (the 45 ACP is the second easiest). Lee makes some really inexpensive (but good) reloading equipment. For about $100 you can get a hand loader and dies for the 38 special. Add some brass, gunpowder, primers and bullets and you are in business.
The 38 special is a very forgiving round, but please remember that it was designed to use black powder, so you can accidentally put two to three times the correct smokeless powder. Once I accidentally put twice the recommended powder (I double charged it). I did not blow up the pistol, but it was really loud and I had the unfortunate task of pulling a hundred bullets to correct my mistake. I was lucky because I was using 125 grain bullets, so doubling the charge only caused the round to convert from a 38 special into a 357+.
If you find it interesting, then you can invest in more efficient equipment. I did. I even have gone so far as to cast my own bullets.
Handloading does require you to spend an evening to read and learn, but afterwards you are more self reliant. Because the 38 special is a low power round, you can reload the brass many times. Most reloaders I know started with the 38 or the 45.
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