Some lowlife tries to exchange an empty VCR box for a full one, then gets violent and starts slashing at employees w/knife. 53-yr old CCW granny pulls .40 and puts a stop to his actions, w/out firing a shot. Get a load of some of the comments made by WalMart personnel & other shoppers:
"Hernando County Sheriff's Office and Wal-Mart advise civilians not to get involved in such situations. "We want to keep our stores a pleasant place to shop, so we would never encourage our customers to arm themselves," said Wal-Mart spokesman Tom Williams."
"Shopper Lorinda Smith, who was in the candy aisle during the confrontation, said Tuesday that she was more frightened by Suter's gun then the man's knife.
"That scared the c--- out of me, that someone could have a gun in the store," said Smith of Hernando Beach. "This one lady was in there with her children and when she saw (the gun) she was like, "Get on the ground! Get on the ground!' If I was there with my kids, I would have had a heart attack."
link: http://www.sptimes.com/News/052400/Hernando/Shopper_cuts_holdup_s.shtml
**** When the average citizen is more afraid of a citizen interrupting a violent crime with a legal gun, than they are of a violent criminal slashing around with a knife, then the HCI et al. media PR machine has done it's job well, and we have failed. RH
"Hernando County Sheriff's Office and Wal-Mart advise civilians not to get involved in such situations. "We want to keep our stores a pleasant place to shop, so we would never encourage our customers to arm themselves," said Wal-Mart spokesman Tom Williams."
"Shopper Lorinda Smith, who was in the candy aisle during the confrontation, said Tuesday that she was more frightened by Suter's gun then the man's knife.
"That scared the c--- out of me, that someone could have a gun in the store," said Smith of Hernando Beach. "This one lady was in there with her children and when she saw (the gun) she was like, "Get on the ground! Get on the ground!' If I was there with my kids, I would have had a heart attack."
link: http://www.sptimes.com/News/052400/Hernando/Shopper_cuts_holdup_s.shtml
**** When the average citizen is more afraid of a citizen interrupting a violent crime with a legal gun, than they are of a violent criminal slashing around with a knife, then the HCI et al. media PR machine has done it's job well, and we have failed. RH