What assumptions? The employee had a gun, the would-be robber had a gun.

Post #415,126 by mmoffitt 11/4/16 9:20:25 AM 11/4/16 9:20:25 AM Reply	What assumptions? The employee had a gun, the would-be robber had a gun. Isn't it clear that the employee had a gun because he works at a place that could be robbed by an armed robber? bcnu, Mikem I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred and contempt. And I claim that right. Christopher Hitchens.
Post #415,128 by Another Scott 11/4/16 9:24:32 AM 11/4/16 9:33:05 AM Reply	No, that's not clear at all. That's your assumption. To elaborate... I worked as a temp for a company that owned about 20 Dominoes franchises in OH and IN. Dominoes had a requirement (in the early '80s) that each store had to have a safe and the store had to have an official policy about when to put money in the safe, how to log it, etc. The franchises could be yanked if that wasn't done to Dominoes' satisfaction. Yeah, the guy supposedly worked there and would know the policies. Yeah, the store was closed at the time, so maybe he thought that's when the money would be transferred. But Joe Robber off the street wouldn't know the store policy about money transfers. So either the store guy was worried about being robbed by employees or former employees, or he was a gun fondler, or who knows what. AFAIK, most franchise operations have policies not to permit guns because of the liability and employee safety concerns. If the place is that dangerous, then they wouldn't put a store there to begin with (the place I worked wouldn't deliver to some areas because they said it was too dangerous). It's not at all obvious that he had a gun to protect the store. Not at all. That's your assumption. Cheers, Scott. Edited by Another Scott Nov. 4, 2016, 09:33:05 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #415,134 by crazy 11/4/16 11:23:10 AM 11/4/16 11:23:10 AM Reply	This is EASY Someone has a gun. He is either going to rob and/or kill me. He ALREADY threatened to harm me. I know who he is since I used to work with him. He knows I know who he is. I am the perfect witness. I MUST be eliminated from his point of view. Therefore: I MUST do whatever I can to avoid being under his control. He may be wearing a bulletproof vest under his clothes. I am good enough with my gun to make a head shot. I wait for him to turn away for a second to pull my gun so he doesn't see me do it. I shoot. End of story.
Post #415,150 by a6l6e6x 11/4/16 12:42:32 PM 11/4/16 12:42:32 PM Reply	Yep, if they know each other, it's a zero sum game. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #415,141 by mmoffitt 11/4/16 12:10:49 PM 11/4/16 12:11:31 PM Reply	No, that's not my assumption. If I'm guilty of assuming anything, it is that he was carrying a firearm to protect himself, not the store. And why would he feel that need? Just look at the rest of the available information. The better question for the dad to have asked would have been, "What was MY SON doing with a firearm?" bcnu, Mikem I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred and contempt. And I claim that right. Christopher Hitchens. Edited by mmoffitt Nov. 4, 2016, 12:11:31 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #418,550 by CRConrad 6/14/17 1:08:31 PM 6/14/17 1:08:31 PM Reply	Yeah, 'xackly. The better question for the dad to have asked would have been, "What was MY SON doing with a firearm?" So now it's been asked of both parties. Kind of suggests the question "What is PRETTY MUCH ANYONE doing with a firearm?", doesn't it? -- Christian R. Conrad Same old username (as above), but now on iki.fi (Yeah, yeah, it redirects to the same old GMail... But just in case I ever want to change.)

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