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Gunman Bursts Into Dollar Store and Threatens to Kill Everyone...
The Blaze ^ | 1/17/14 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 01/17/2014 8:43:19 PM PST by Impala64ssa

... – Before Police Could Even Respond, He Was Dead

An armed man entered a Orrville, Ala., Dollar General on Thursday, waved his gun in the air and threatened to kill everyone, AL.com reports. Though motive is unclear, he never got the chance to hurt anyone because a customer carrying a concealed handgun neutralized him with a deadly shot.

Dallas County Sheriff Harris Huffman Jr. told WSFA-TV that the gunman held a cashier and customer at gunpoint, forcing them toward a break room area. It was at this point that the customer reportedly drew his firearm and shot the suspect one time in the chest. The entire incident took less than five minutes, police say.

The gunman was pronounced dead on the scene.

The sheriff said the customer is not currently facing any charges over the shooting death, however, investigators are working to confirm he had a valid concealed carry permit. Open carry is legal in Alabama, but a permit is required to carry a concealed handgun.

There was also a sign posted outside the Dollar General prohibiting open carry, but not concealed carry, the report states.

“The deceased individual had his in his hand, waving it. The customer actually had one in a holster covered up. We’re in the process of checking on permits and all of that,” Huffman Jr. said.

“You have one individual waving a gun and you have another one who shoots the one waving the gun. Some people say that’s justifiable. Then you’re going to have some who says it’s not. I think we need to get all of the information we can get from everybody and then go forward from there,” the sheriff added.

No one, other than the gunman, was injured in the incident. The individuals involved were not immediately identified.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Alabama
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A win for the good guys.
1 posted on 01/17/2014 8:43:20 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa

...so far.


2 posted on 01/17/2014 8:47:27 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: Impala64ssa
“You have one individual waving a gun and you have another one who shoots the one waving the gun. Some people say that’s justifiable. Then you’re going to have some who says it’s not...."

Who in their right mind would say it is not? Certainly not a cop in the line of fire.

3 posted on 01/17/2014 8:48:46 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: Impala64ssa

It was at this point that the customer reportedly drew his firearm and shot the suspect one time in the chest.
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That’s a shame./s


4 posted on 01/17/2014 8:49:15 PM PST by o-n-money
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To: Impala64ssa

“A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”


5 posted on 01/17/2014 8:49:17 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: Impala64ssa

What’s that the hoplophobes like to say? “If it saves even one life...”


6 posted on 01/17/2014 8:49:20 PM PST by Hugin
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To: Inyo-Mono

Who in their right mind would say it is not?
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Not anyone in that store.


7 posted on 01/17/2014 8:50:44 PM PST by o-n-money
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To: rdl6989

Amen.


8 posted on 01/17/2014 8:59:05 PM PST by logitech (It is time.)
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To: Inyo-Mono
Who in their right mind would say it is not?

Greedy plaintiff lawyers.

9 posted on 01/17/2014 9:01:30 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Impala64ssa

He was an idiot to pull that stunt in Alabama. Had he cruised up I-65 to Morton Grove, Ill. and done it, the story might have had a different ending.


10 posted on 01/17/2014 9:07:59 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Impala64ssa
There was also a sign posted outside the Dollar General prohibiting open carry, but not concealed carry, the report states.

The bad guy, aka "the deceased individual," was open carrying in an establishment where it was prohibited. As far as the good guy goes, "however, investigators are working to confirm he had a valid concealed carry permit."

That's upside down, now, isn't it.

If I owned that store, the morning after this happened, the sign would come down. On the other hand, if I owned that store, the sign would never have gone up in the first place.

11 posted on 01/17/2014 9:10:35 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (Democrats--the party of Evil. Republicans--the party of Stupid.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Some of my ancestors are from Dallas Co., AL. Scotch Irish stock.


12 posted on 01/17/2014 9:11:18 PM PST by matthew fuller (Our enemy list- http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/fact-sheets/2004/anti-gun-lobbying-organizations..)
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To: Impala64ssa

Oh, yes, I meant to add if the bad guy, aka “the deceased individual,” had waved his piece in the presence of a policeman, he would have been shot dead just to protect the policeman, no questions asked.


13 posted on 01/17/2014 9:12:38 PM PST by RobinOfKingston (Democrats--the party of Evil. Republicans--the party of Stupid.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Well, that escalated quickly.


14 posted on 01/17/2014 9:19:25 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
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To: o-n-money

I always love it when a story has a happy ending.


15 posted on 01/17/2014 9:19:40 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Impala64ssa

It was out in the open when he shot him.


16 posted on 01/17/2014 9:22:22 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Leftists would rather have any number of dead victims, instead of a living, law-abiding citizen who uses a personal firearm to stop a criminal.


17 posted on 01/17/2014 9:25:23 PM PST by twister881
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

It is not over until all good deed doing is punished.


18 posted on 01/17/2014 9:35:28 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Impala64ssa
I'll be waiting for Harvey Weinstein to weigh in on this incident.

Leni

19 posted on 01/17/2014 9:37:24 PM PST by MinuteGal
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To: Impala64ssa

Cleanup on aisle 5...cleanup on aisle 5.


20 posted on 01/17/2014 9:44:29 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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