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DonP

(6,185 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 11:34 AM Feb 2015

"Pharmacist shoots would-be robber" (WV)

http://wvmetronews.com/2015/02/18/pharmicist-shoots-would-be-robbery/

"PINCH, W.Va. – Investigators with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department say a pharmacist who shot a man who later died will not be charged with a crime.

Detectives said surveillance video at Good’s Family Pharmacy in Pinch shows the masked man, Terry Gillenwater, 25, pulled out a gun after he entered the pharmacy at about 9:45 Wednesday morning and pointed it at workers. The pharmacist, who has a legal conceal carry permit, pulled out his gun and shot the man, who later died at a Charleston hospital."

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"The pharmacist on duty had a .45 pistol. The first shot hit the robber in the chest and he went down, but he raised the gun again. The employee then fired a second and third shot. One of those hit the suspect’s gun in his hand and the other shot hit him in the abdomen."

Warning Graphic Video:
http://www.wowktv.com/story/28138151/update-suspect-shot-during-robbery-in-pinch-wv-dies-from-injuries-video-surveillance-shooting-death

Couldn't have happened, we've been told by extremely "knowledgeable" sources that robbers will always get the drop on you and just take your gun away and shoot you with it.

Now to save time, please don't bother posting stupid comments about what "might" have happened or "what if...", unless you can also include a cite to an example of an actual event and not just your vivid imagination, K?
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"Pharmacist shoots would-be robber" (WV) (Original Post) DonP Feb 2015 OP
this just proves Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #1
Good to hear all the employees are ok. Travis_0004 Feb 2015 #2
LIES!!! THIS NEVER HAPPENS... virginia mountainman Feb 2015 #3
But what if four other people with guns... NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #4
We saw their "compassion" last week DonP Feb 2015 #5
Oh, I'd say it was more than "verging on." NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #6
I agree with that Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #7
OK, but seriously*: if he had time to draw and aim a gun, he had time to pick up petronius Feb 2015 #8
Mean ole 1%er picking on a 99%er...gunner gunslinger wannabe. ileus Feb 2015 #9
 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
1. this just proves
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 11:51 AM
Feb 2015

you should shoot the gun out of his hand


Glad the pharmacist was able to use his CCW training and take out the threat and no body else was harmed. Of course we are told all of the time by the pro controller side this never happens.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
4. But what if four other people with guns...
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 01:04 PM
Feb 2015

were outside in the parking lot and then ran inside and started shooting and yelling yeehaw? Think of the children!

On a more serious note, I'm glad the pharmacist won't be charged. Whenever someone uses a firearm in self defense, he or she is always subject to scrutiny and often outright slander/idiocy by the anti-gun crowd. The same people who will condemn this pharmacist wouldn't have taken time to blink or yawn if a robber with a knife had jumped over the counter to kill someone who didn't have a firearm.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
5. We saw their "compassion" last week
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 01:12 PM
Feb 2015

When the woman shot herself while adjusting her bra holster. Verging on gleeful

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
7. I agree with that
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 02:37 PM
Feb 2015

lets just say they were indeed gleeful.

Always use a proper holster and this will not happen.

petronius

(26,602 posts)
8. OK, but seriously*: if he had time to draw and aim a gun, he had time to pick up
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 02:56 PM
Feb 2015

the phone and call the police, and then wait for trained professionals to safely handle the situation, right?


* This word is perhaps being used somewhat less than accurately, in this context.

ileus

(15,396 posts)
9. Mean ole 1%er picking on a 99%er...gunner gunslinger wannabe.
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 07:17 PM
Feb 2015

Just looking for some down and out poor soul to use for target practice.

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