Wasn't an urban legend here
The gas station involved quickly backtracked, though. Oh, and technically, I think it was only $4.99 or $4.89 or something like that.
That no man should scruple, or hesitate a moment to use arms in defense of so valuable a blessing [as freedom], on which all the good and evil of life depends, is clearly my opinion; yet arms ... should be the last resource. - George Washington