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Hero security guard caught on camera shooting dead masked bank robber (Tr.)
Daily Mail ^ | 3-15-2017 | Gareth Davies

Posted on 03/15/2017 8:53:24 AM PDT by brucedickinson

A heroic security guard has been caught on camera shooting a bank robber dead after the criminal threatened customers and tellers with a gun.

Serial armed robber Laurence Turner, 34, walked into Alpine Bank in Rockford, Illinois, armed with a gun and wearing a ski mask.

As he pointed his pistol at staff behind the counter, Brian Harrison whipped out his gun and shot the criminal dead - all of which was caught on security footage.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime
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To: pa_dweller

that’s because if you need two hands to shoot it sam colt would have put two handels on it.


61 posted on 03/15/2017 11:00:09 AM PDT by old gringo (a wise monkey never monkeys with another monkeys monkey.)
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To: Mr. Douglas
...shooting dead masked bank robber.

That struck me as odd, too. Not sure why you would shoot him if he was already dead. Perhaps reading the whole story will enlighten me.

62 posted on 03/15/2017 11:10:13 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: doug from upland
What a waste of a life.

Defective product returned to manufacturer.

63 posted on 03/15/2017 11:12:44 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: PROCON; Gamecock; FredZarguna; SaveFerris
He's come a long way since his last job at the store George's in-laws owned.


64 posted on 03/15/2017 11:22:40 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: brucedickinson
Punks with guns don't think anybody else has one.

I'm fairly sure this young feller was just trying to deposit his church's collection plate funds and wanted to cut to the front of the line. We could ask him, I guess.

65 posted on 03/15/2017 11:23:00 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Mr. Douglas
"Is it legal to shoot someone who is dead?"

It depends on zoning and the distance from a dwelling or a public road.

66 posted on 03/15/2017 11:25:58 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Uncle Miltie
"... the brave Security Guard puts 17 rounds into his back, just for good measure. “Nice Pattern!”"

Glock Perfection. Being a relatively late-comer to the firearms world, one might say they "came from behind". I used to live next door to a surgeon. He would ask "Where do you want it, in the belly or the back?"


67 posted on 03/15/2017 11:34:33 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: mbynack

Perhaps reading the whole story will enlighten me.


Probably, but that takes the fun out of it. :-D


68 posted on 03/15/2017 12:18:26 PM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: Theoria

Yeah, the Melbourne, Florida video is textbook stuff. More recently, my favorite is the Dixie Gun & Pawn shooting video. In that one, the perp was dead before his knees buckled.


69 posted on 03/15/2017 12:20:06 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: brucedickinson

The local court with jurisdiction of the case, had the robber lived, should pay a bounty to the guard in the amount of, say, ten per cent of the estimated costs of trying and incarcerating the robber. This should be standard policy for bonafide security guards and police everywhere.


70 posted on 03/15/2017 12:23:18 PM PDT by VietVet876
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To: ilovesarah2012

LOL. Sorry, I missed the sarcasm. The people who write the headlines are not the brightest bulbs in the firmament.


71 posted on 03/15/2017 12:31:52 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Mr. Douglas

ILASWAHE.


72 posted on 03/15/2017 3:34:44 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: waus

Indeed. Bonus time. Drinks on the house, too.


73 posted on 03/15/2017 3:35:20 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Charles Martel
Yeah, I think that was the one with the owner using a 45. His partner didn't have is gun out, but used his body to obscure the older gent, who used that small advantage to help win the day.

45's save lives. Should be a t-shirt, or a bumper sticker.

74 posted on 03/15/2017 4:41:07 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Mr. Douglas
Perhaps reading the whole story will enlighten me.

Probably, but that takes the fun out of it. :-D

Unfortunately, it can be a lot easier for me to read the FR posts than it is to go to the source. I'm on a government network and almost every news source is blocked. I'm surprised that I can see FR.

75 posted on 03/16/2017 5:49:01 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: Mr. Douglas; marktwain
Is it legal to shoot someone who is dead?

Tank gunners do it all the time, whether it's hit but not yet disabled enemy vehicles or dismounted troops who might be wounded or playing possum. You get 63 rounds of main gun ammo and 12,000 rounds for the co-axial machinegun, you might as well give the taxpayers their money's worth.

Target! Turret hit, load HEAT, hit him again, Target!

Dismounts on the ground; Gunner, coax. Hose 'em. Driver, move out, keep 'em honest.

Whenever in doubt, make the certainty shot. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting again.

76 posted on 03/16/2017 9:46:36 PM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: jiggyboy
Am I going to hell for imagining his last few shambling steps being accompanied by Yakety Sax?

If you do, you'll likely be condemned to an eternity of my company.

However, the tune I had in mind for his last perp walk was the old Rick Dees' tune Disco Duck.

77 posted on 03/16/2017 9:52:53 PM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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