Burger King diner defeats would-be robber by shooting him

[koalabear]

It was at the height of lunch time, about 1 p.m., when a would-be robber walked into a Burger King, flashed his gun at one of the family diners, and demanded the diner fork over money and valuables, police said in a CBS report. The robber was exiting when the father, who feared for his and his family’s life, CBS said, took out his own gun and shot the suspect in the leg.

Have it your way.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...-shooting/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

 

[unregistered]

 

[phrodeau]

Send dear old dad to the range, he missed his head by a mile.

Right, because keeping your money is worth becoming a murderer.

 

[Sean Renaud]

It wasn't even about keeping his money, it was about shooting someone. The article clearly states the robber was already leaving so any fear the father had was at best invalid. He basically shot a man in the back for the LOLZ.

A guy who deserved it if you value fun over life and a guy I would have shot if I were in the same position but still.

 

[koalabear]

Right, because keeping your money is worth becoming a murderer.

*points and laughs at the MORON*

 

[bronzeage]

What are the odds?

An armed robber walks into a crowded Burger King and chooses a table where a diner also has a pistol.

It makes a good story, but this sounds more like some kind of debt collection operation.

 

[Squibbs]

Makes sense to me.

If I was sitting there eating a whopper with my young child and some dude took my money and who was walking away and no longer a threat , I'd shoot him right in front of my child. The kid needs to learn. Then I'd beat my kid for not shooting the guy first.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Counselors were at Rockville High School Tuesday to speak with students there after a senior was found dead Monday morning.

Michelle Lynne Miller, 17, a varsity athlete, died in an apparent murder-suicide involving a man she met during recruitment to the U.S. Army Reserves, according to police.

Detectives believe U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adam Anthony Arndt, 31, shot Miller and then himself inside his home in the 12900 block of Pinnacle Drive in Germantown, Md.

Police are still working to determine a motive in the shooting.

Kevin Miller, Michelle's father, said that he had not met Arndt, but that his daughter had seemed “a little smitten with this guy,” the Associated Press reported. However, he said he didn't believe there was a romantic relationship between the two.

Miller said he believed Arndt was the “man above her recruiter.” He thinks his daughter met Arndt about four or five months ago.

Michelle Miller had signed up to enter the Army Reserves after graduation. She wanted to someday become a military psychotherapist and work with wounded warriors, family members said, but it appears that her willingness to help may have taken her life.

Kevin Miller said Michelle received a call or text around 9 p.m. Sunday from someone whom she said was suicidal, reported News4's Darcy Spencer.

Michelle left their Rockville home at about 9:15 p.m. to help that person. Miller said he was opposed to her leaving, but his daughter said she would be fine and promised to text him the address when she arrived.

Kevin Miller said he got a “vague” text from her about the location, but she then stopped responding to his texts and calls, the AP reported.

Spencer reported that one of Michelle's friends said she received some texts from Michelle's phone. One text said Michelle loved her friend. The final one said, "Goodbye."

Family members told Spencer they believe the texts were sent by Arndt.

Michelle's friend gave Kevin Miller details about where she might be. He drove to the location and saw Michelle's car. No one answered the door, so he called police, the AP reported.

Officers went to the home about 8:50 a.m. Monday.

After failing to communicate with anyone inside, police broke into the home after 10 a.m. and found the bodies of Arndt and Michelle, police said.

Police found a firearm inside the house and are not looking for other suspects.

Arndt worked at a military recruiting office in Gaithersburg as a member of the Baltimore recruiting battalion, Spencer reported.

His duties included visiting schools, the AP reported. Army recruiters are barred from having personal relationships with recruits.

The Army said Tuesday morning that Arndt was a 9-year veteran who had served overseas in Korea, Germany and Turkey.



Neighbors told News4's Jim Rosenfield that Arndt seemed to be a pleasant neighbor. They believed he was married to another military member who was stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C.

They also said they'd seen Michelle Miller's car parked on Arndt's street before, but didn't recognize her picture.

"It's very startling," said a neighbor. "It's crazy to think this is all going on our street."

The neighbor said she used to see Arndt walking his dog. "He was pleasant. I didn't have a lot of interaction with him...." she said. "I had seen people coming and going pretty regularly. He seemed to be a social guy."

On Monday afternoon, Rockville High School sent a letter home to parents that read in part:

"For those of you who knew Michelle, we ask that you remember and celebrate her life. She was currently an athlete on our varsity lacrosse team, an honors/AP student, and an active member of the Senior Class. For those of you who did not know Michelle, we ask that you respect our sadness and support us with your understanding."

A classmate said she was shocked to hear the news.

"I was frozen in place. I felt like I couldn't move or breathe. I couldn't believe it," student Emily Kjellman told Spencer.

"Everyone was crying and so all of us started crying," she said.

"She was definitely one of the most popular girls in our school, but in a good way," Kjellman said. "She was probably the most fun-loving person you'll ever meet."

Kevin Miller said Michelle had wanted to go into the Army since elementary school.

“She wanted to serve her country; she wanted to see the world; she wanted to finance her education,” Kevin Miller said at his Rockville home Monday evening, according to the AP.

Michelle lettered in basketball, soccer and lacrosse.

 

[dan_c00000]

Hey koala why don't you post stories like these?

1.MESA, AZ, 3/13/13: A man prohibited from possessing a gun was arrested by Mesa police and accused of manslaughter after he accidentally shot and killed his 18-year-old girlfriend. Matthew Walsh, 23, purchased the .38 caliber handgun in a casino parking lot and was showing the gun to his girlfriend on March 13 when he accidentally shot her in the hip, according to a court document.
2.GONZALEZ, LA, 3/13/13: Another gun discharge in a bathroom! This time, an off-duty cop! Of course, Responsible Gun OwnerTM that he is, he tells no one, quietly pays the tab (at the strip club) and disappears, leaving the management wondering where the bullet hole came from. Put 'em in the schools!
3.SOUTH PITTSBURGH, TN, 3/28/13: Dad "test firing" his 9mm accidentally shoots his own son. How did it happen? Well, seems dad decided he'd fire randomly into the woods behind the house. Only, guess who was out playing in the woods? Way to protect the family, pops!
4.STAMFORD, CT, 3/28/13: Guy decides to clean his gun after returning from the range. KA-BLAM! One in the leg! Golly, how did that gun get loaded?! Oh, yeah... the range. Right. Dang, that was stupid.
5.LINCOLN, NE, 3/28/13: Salesman for a police equipment distributor leaves seven guns, holsters and ammo in his unlocked car overnight. Well, for part of the overnight period, anyway. Right up until someone got the smart idea to open the door and take them.
6.NEW HAVEN, CT, exact date unknown: NRA instructor Eugene Kenny would have joined his fellow gun-rights supporters at the state Capitol Wednesday—if he hadn’t accidentally shot himself in the foot. Kenny, a 49-year-old licensed National Rifle Association instructor who leads training classes in pistol and rifle use, delivered his arguments in the front foyer of the two-family Edgewood Avenue house where he rents an upstairs apartment in the Edgewood neighborhood. Wearing an NRA hooded sweatshirt, he had his left foot in a cast because he accidentally shot a bullet last week while cleaning his Glock handgun.
7.ELKHART, IN, 3/29/13: Joey Douglas, 26, was target shooting at a range on Tri-County Fish and Wildlife property when he attempted to chamber a cartridge into the barrel of his rifle that is believed to have been obstructed, according to a press release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The obstructing cartridge discharged, onto Douglas’s wrist and hand.
8.MADISON CO., GA, 3/29/13: 17-year-old shot himself in the hand trying to unload his new pistol. That's one way to unload it! While cops were on the scene, they took care of some additional business, starting with the investigation of the odor of marijuana. The warrants to be served for the suspect's car accident (from the day previous to the shooting) will be served when this investigation is complete. Weird how some people have all the rotten luck, eh?
9.JACKSONVILLE, FL, 3/29/13: A woman is in stable condition after an accidental shooting on the Westside Friday night. Police say the woman was shot at the intersection of West 20th and Fairfax, and she was brought to Shands Jacksonville by her friends. Detectives believe the shooting was accidental after hearing her account of the incident, which is consistent with what witnesses already told police, according to Melissa Bujeda, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office public information officer.
10.HARRAH, WA, 3/29/13: A 26-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times. Yakima County Sheriff deputies say it happened around 1 PM at a home on Washington Street in Harrah. They say it appears the man was accidentally shot by one of his relatives.
11.WEST PLAINS, MO, 3/29/13: Deputies with the Howell County Sheriff’s Office received a scare Friday afternoon after a trip to the shooting range. An initial report from the Howell County Sheriff’s Office states that a number of deputies were at the city firing range around 3 PM Friday when a number of rounds went over their head. Deputies not at the range responded to the call and arrived shortly after 3 PM. It was later discovered that property owners adjacent to the shooting range had been target shooting, and their rounds were falling too close to the shooting range. Deputies advised the people on the property to fire their weapons in a safe direction.
12.CHICAGO, IL, 3/29/13: A 41-year-old man apparently shot himself in the leg about 10:30 PM Friday in the 100 block of West 95th Street in Roseland on the Far South Side, police said. The man first told police that he drove to West 95th Street to meet his brother, and upon exiting the vehicle, heard shots and realized he had been hit. After some investigation, police said they thought the man's wound was self-inflicted.
13.SELIGMAN, AZ, 3/29/13: Mom, Dad and son went out hunting in the family pick-up truck. Mom was driving, while Dad and the boy rode in the bed of the truck. When Mom stopped, the boy spotted a prairie dog and took aim. As he took his shot, Dad suddenly stood up right in front of the gun, and was shot in the head.
14.BETHLEHEM, PA, 3/29/13: A Marvine-Pembroke teenager celebrated her 19th birthday by drinking booze and firing a couple of gunshots into the air as she and a few pals drove to a liquor store to buy more alcohol on Friday night, Bethlehem police said. Jasmine Mingo, 19, of 1327 Hilton St., and her friends Anthony C. Holmes, 21, of Bethlehem, and Alphonso Narciso Matos, 20, of Allentown, are all facing a number of charges as a result of the incident, which prompted multiple Bethlehem police squad cars to respond to—and briefly lock down—the Stefko Center.
15.LAPEER, MI, 3/29/13: Under the headline of "Man accidentally shoots self while unloading gun": Good Friday wasn’t for at least one Lapeer Township man. Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. deputies were sent to McLaren Lapeer Region’s emergency room at 3:35 M after hospital staff told Central Dispatch that a 30-year-old man had arrived with a gunshot wound to the leg. This is the second appearance in the #GunFAIL series for Lapeer, MI, pop. 8,819. (See GunFAIL VII.)
16.ST. JOHN'S CO., FL, 3/29/13: Road rage shooting. By an ex-cop. Wife of shooter, in her call to 911: “I’m trying to control my husband.” But of course, it turned out to be the gun that controlled her husband. Where have we seen that before?
17.CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH, 3/30/13: Customers thrown out of an IHOP by armed security. A shoving match ensues. The guard goes down, his pistol discharges, and one of the unruly customers is hit in the head and killed.
18.PORT DEPOSIT, MD, 3/30/13: What goes better with a beautiful Saturday afternoon than a little target practice in the woods behind the house? How about an accidental chest wound, and an expensive helicopter medical evacuation?
19.INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 3/30/13: There's one less gun in need of cleaning in Indianapolis. But also one less gun owner.
20.KANSAS CITY, KS, 3/30/13: Then, about 3 PM a third shooting was reported at 55th Street and State Line Road. Police said it was a self-inflicted shooting and it is believed that someone accidentally shot themselves in the leg. The person is expected to recover from their injuries.
21.PHILADELPHIA, PA, 3/30/13: Second time in 10 days a dude has pulled a gun on another dude in a fight and accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend, instead. (See GunFAIL XI, Denton, TX.)
22.MIAMI, FL, 3/30/13: A 4-year-old girl who was critically injured after being shot in the upper body has died. According to Miami-Dade police, the girl was in a white Mercedes-Benz with two other children when the gun went off. Family members told CBS4′s Gaby Fleischman the girl shot, Rahquel Carr, died at the hospital. They say her 6-year-old brother was playing around with the gun when it accidentally went off, hitting her in the head and chest.
23.ROCK HILL, SC, 3/30/13: The right of the people to clean their guns and accidentally fire bullets through their neighbors' bedrooms shall not be infringed.
24.PEARLAND, TX, 3/30/13: Guy robs a Comfort Suites hotel and is so keyed up that as he jumps the counter to make off with $400 from the till, he accidentally fires his gun and blows out the glass doors in the lobby. Adrenaline is weird, man. That's the point.
25.PRICHARD, AL, 3/31/13: Local 15 News is investigating after authorities tell us a toddler was shot and killed in Prichard Sunday evening. It happened on North Fairport Drive in the Gulf Village community. Authorities say the child was visiting relatives, and was shot inside a home. According to a Prichard spokesperson, the child accidentally shot himself in the chest.
26.AUBURN, ME, 3/31/13: A Newbury Street resident was hospitalized Sunday evening after accidentally shooting himself while attempting to clean his handgun. According to Sgt. Laurie Woodhead, a 22-year-old male was in his 38 Newbury St. apartment at about 7:20 PM, attempting to remove a bullet from the chamber of his .40 Glock in order to clean the weapon. Woodhead said the man was unaware his finger was positioned on the trigger when the gun discharged. The bullet entered his left palm and exited the side of his hand. In all fairness, though, he was aware of where 90 percent of his fingers were at the time. That's got to count for something.
27.NORTH HUNTINGDON, PA, 3/31/13: More caution with language than guns here. “A North Huntingdon Township officer who was off duty at the time was involved in an incident and had an unintentional discharge of a personally owned weapon, and this discharge did cause a hand injury to a second person,” township police Chief Andrew Lisiecki said. And really, is it fair to blame a police officer for not knowing the gun was loaded? He took the magazine out, after all.
28.YOUNGSTOWN, OH, 3/31/13: Isn't 35 a little old to be "playing" with a gun? At least he'll live to get the chance to kick the habit.
29.SALINE CO., MO, 3/31/13: The 14-year-old victim reported he suffered the injury while walking through the woods in southern Saline County when he slipped on a rock and fell on the pistol, which discharged, striking him in the leg.
30.WILTON, CT, 3/31/13: A 76-year-old man visiting family accidentally shot himself in the hand with his gun. Apparently he had removed it from his luggage, and "was considering whether or not to go outside the home with the gun, and shot himself while holding it, according to police. The man did not realize the gun had a bullet in it, police said." I wonder what he was considering, if he didn't even think it was loaded.
31.LANSING, IA, 3/31/13: The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office said the incident happened about 4:30 AM Sunday at a home near Lansing. Authorities said Logan Bunn fired a gun at a tree outside the home, but the bullet bounced back and hit him. Nothing good comes of 4:30 AM target practice.
32.FLAGSTAFF, AZ, 3/31/13: I didn't know it wasn't locked! Coconino County Sheriff's gun stolen from his truck, parked in his driveway. No, not a deputy. THE Sheriff.
33.OTTOWA, OH, 4/01/13: It's time to get serious about guns. An Ohio high school running back has been accidentally shot through both legs, a crime which I believe carries the death penalty in that state.
34.FAYETTEVILLE, WV, 4/01/13: Man shoots self in the shoulder. I'm sure he's fully insured and we won't be paying the cost of his enormously expensive helicopter flight to the hospital.
35.ALTUS, OK, 4/01/13: The investigation showed that the male was distraught because he accidentally shot his girlfriend, who was transported to Jackson County Memorial Hospital, before police arrived.
36.NORFOLK, VA, 4/01/13: An off-duty sheriff's deputy forgot his service weapon in a Macy's dressing room, which the NRA's "School Shield" program says you are only allowed to do if you are thoroughly trained and have had a background check.
37.SPARTANBURG, SC, 4/01/13: A Spartanburg man told deputies that he was shot while attending a bonfire on Montgomery Road early Monday. The man said he was “mudding” at a place called the Clearance on Montgomery Road, and a large group of people were having a bonfire there, the report states. The man said he heard someone say, “Stop playing with the gun,” and then felt a burning sensation on his leg where he had been shot.
38.SANDY SPRINGS, GA, 4/01/13: 3-year-old freedomed in the thumb after crawling under the bed and finding dad's gun.
39.GASTONIA, NC, 4/01/13: Here's another example of a simple, everyday situation where adding guns makes things a thousand times worse. A 76-year-old fires shotgun at his female neighbor during a dispute over her dog, but says he never intended to harm her. Though it should be noted that 76-year-old man still thinks it was a male outside. See, his wife had just let their dog out onto their lawn, he says, when the Missus saw the neighbor's dog come "right over to him and I was scared he was going to kill him." What kind of vicious dog was this? A Labrador puppy, according to the neighbor. So 76-year-old man decides he'll just grab something to hit the dog with. So, he chose a shotgun. And paused to load it. "That was a mistake," he said. But it was only the first mistake, and the only one he accepts blame for. "I didn't shoot it. It went off." Oh, and by the way, the neighbors say 76-year-old man shouted to her, "(Racial epithet) you better get your dog out of my yard.'" The Missus insists that's not so, but added, "That's all they ever called them when we were growing up."
40.LAFAYETTE, IN, 4/02/13: Another one who apparently told the cops he was attacked, but who turns out to have accidentally shot himself.
41.PALM COAST, FL, 4/02/13: A dispute between Flagler County twin brothers involving a frying pan and machete ended with one possibly wounded and put in jail after a shot was fired and their mother charged with filing a false police report.
42.TROUTDALE, OR, 4/03/13: Yet another Responsible Gun Owner has bestowed the gift of Liberty on his neighbors, accidentally blasting a hole through three apartments and giving them the Freedom they didn't even know they wanted. Plus a head wound from flying debris. Huzzah! Huzzah for the Patriots! Huzzah for the Patriot with the now clean gun!
43.PHILADELPHIA, PA, 4/03/13: An off-duty cop "securing" his weapon joins the parade, putting yet another Liberty Projectile through a neighbor's so-called "private property." Private, indeed! What an elitist concept!
44.MILLICAN, OR, 4/03/13: Another near-perfect storm of FAIL: a retired sheriff's captain shoots himself in the hand while cleaning a gun at his annual qualification test at the police firing range.
45.LANCASTER, PA, 4/03/13: Guy put a .40-caliber handgun in his lap, intending to leave it in his car while he went into a store. The gun accidentally discharged, wounding the male's hand. Gun in lap, shot in the hand. Hmm. I'll stop thinking about that now.
46.RIVERSIDE, OH, 4/03/13: A woman accidentally shot herself and another woman inside an apartment tonight, police said. Police said one woman was holding the gun and it fired accidentally, hitting her and another woman in the apartment. No foul play is suspected.
47.ANTIOCH, TN, 4/03/13: Guy robs people in a parking lot, drops his gun during his getaway and shoots himself in the leg. And yes, he too got an expensive helicopter evacuation that we'll all be paying for.
48.MELBOURNE, FL, 4/03/13: Melbourne police arrested a member of Florida's National Guard on suspicion of threatening a group of women with a smoke grenade and an assault rifle. According to Melbourne police, William Soto Figueroa, 24, entered an apartment on Woodwind Trail—without permission—Wednesday night and scared four women inside with the grenade. The victims thought the smoke bomb was a grenade and ran into different rooms in the apartment, police said. Police say Figueroa left the apartment but later returned with an AR-15-style assault rifle. Responsible!
49.WALTERBORO, SC, 4/03/13: A woman was hit by a stray bullet falling out of the sky, in a WalMart parking lot. Police were able to follow the sound of continuing gunfire into a nearby swamp, where they found four men who said they'd been firing rounds from three rifles, four handguns and a shotgun, but who insisted they had been firing into the ground. Amazingly, though, one of their bullets had apparently driven through the center of the Earth, orbited halfway back around again, and landed just a half mile away in a WalMart parking lot. Either that, or they were maybe lying a little bit.
50.PENSACOLA, FL, 4/04/13: A man is recovering after being shot at the " In-n-Out" Deli on Old Palafox Street yesterday. According to family members Levontre Garrett works at the deli. They say he and another person were playing with a gun they thought was unloaded when he was accidentally shot in the shoulder.
51.BLACK HAWK, CO, 4/04/13: Armed robbers approached the driver of a car, brandishing a gun. The driver apparently fought back, and during the scuffle, the attacker's gun went off, hitting a female passenger in the leg. After which, the other robber reached into the car and stole her purse. Not the best defense ever, but they did catch the guys.
52.PHILADELPHIA, PA, 4/04/13: Airport confiscations, again. People who "forgot" their guns, again. This time, two separate discoveries in a single day.

 

[koalabear]

Counselors were at Rockville High School Tuesday to speak with students there after a senior was found dead Monday morning.

Michelle Lynne Miller, 17, a varsity athlete, died in an apparent murder-suicide involving a man she met during recruitment to the U.S. Army Reserves, according to police.

Detectives believe U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adam Anthony Arndt, 31, shot Miller and then himself inside his home in the 12900 block of Pinnacle Drive in Germantown, Md.

Police are still working to determine a motive in the shooting.

Kevin Miller, Michelle's father, said that he had not met Arndt, but that his daughter had seemed “a little smitten with this guy,” the Associated Press reported. However, he said he didn't believe there was a romantic relationship between the two.

Miller said he believed Arndt was the “man above her recruiter.” He thinks his daughter met Arndt about four or five months ago.

Michelle Miller had signed up to enter the Army Reserves after graduation. She wanted to someday become a military psychotherapist and work with wounded warriors, family members said, but it appears that her willingness to help may have taken her life.

Kevin Miller said Michelle received a call or text around 9 p.m. Sunday from someone whom she said was suicidal, reported News4's Darcy Spencer.

Michelle left their Rockville home at about 9:15 p.m. to help that person. Miller said he was opposed to her leaving, but his daughter said she would be fine and promised to text him the address when she arrived.

Kevin Miller said he got a “vague” text from her about the location, but she then stopped responding to his texts and calls, the AP reported.

Spencer reported that one of Michelle's friends said she received some texts from Michelle's phone. One text said Michelle loved her friend. The final one said, "Goodbye."

Family members told Spencer they believe the texts were sent by Arndt.

Michelle's friend gave Kevin Miller details about where she might be. He drove to the location and saw Michelle's car. No one answered the door, so he called police, the AP reported.

Officers went to the home about 8:50 a.m. Monday.

After failing to communicate with anyone inside, police broke into the home after 10 a.m. and found the bodies of Arndt and Michelle, police said.

Police found a firearm inside the house and are not looking for other suspects.

Arndt worked at a military recruiting office in Gaithersburg as a member of the Baltimore recruiting battalion, Spencer reported.

His duties included visiting schools, the AP reported. Army recruiters are barred from having personal relationships with recruits.

The Army said Tuesday morning that Arndt was a 9-year veteran who had served overseas in Korea, Germany and Turkey.



Neighbors told News4's Jim Rosenfield that Arndt seemed to be a pleasant neighbor. They believed he was married to another military member who was stationed in Fort Bragg, N.C.

They also said they'd seen Michelle Miller's car parked on Arndt's street before, but didn't recognize her picture.

"It's very startling," said a neighbor. "It's crazy to think this is all going on our street."

The neighbor said she used to see Arndt walking his dog. "He was pleasant. I didn't have a lot of interaction with him...." she said. "I had seen people coming and going pretty regularly. He seemed to be a social guy."

On Monday afternoon, Rockville High School sent a letter home to parents that read in part:

"For those of you who knew Michelle, we ask that you remember and celebrate her life. She was currently an athlete on our varsity lacrosse team, an honors/AP student, and an active member of the Senior Class. For those of you who did not know Michelle, we ask that you respect our sadness and support us with your understanding."

A classmate said she was shocked to hear the news.

"I was frozen in place. I felt like I couldn't move or breathe. I couldn't believe it," student Emily Kjellman told Spencer.

"Everyone was crying and so all of us started crying," she said.

"She was definitely one of the most popular girls in our school, but in a good way," Kjellman said. "She was probably the most fun-loving person you'll ever meet."

Kevin Miller said Michelle had wanted to go into the Army since elementary school.

“She wanted to serve her country; she wanted to see the world; she wanted to finance her education,” Kevin Miller said at his Rockville home Monday evening, according to the AP.

Michelle lettered in basketball, soccer and lacrosse.

She should have went to Burger King.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

*reads*

 

[JohnnySavage]

She should have went to Burger King.

You're a scum bag.

 

[koalabear]

You're a scum bag.

Ok, she should have went to McD's.

 

[dan_c00000]

Hey koala how come you don't link to stories like this?

PARK HILLS, MO, 1/20/13: According to Park Hills Police, an altercation began inside a residence on Rivermines Street in Park Hills about 2 a.m. Once outside, Joseph Lee Gilliam, 22, of Park Hills, shot Billy Jo Edwards, 30, of rural Park Hills, before turning the gun on himself.
BOSTON, MA, 1/20/13: “He was cleaning his gun, and he forgot there was a shell in the chamber, and he struck his girlfriend in the head,” he said. “They were madly in love with each other. This wasn’t domestic violence. It was an accident.”
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 1/20/13: Salt Lake City police on Thursday were investigating how an armed security guard managed to discharge his gun at the downtown branch of the public library. Sgt. Shawn Josephson said the CBI security guard’s weapon accidentally discharged about noon Sunday at the Main Library, 210 E. 400 South. Library spokeswoman Julianne Hancock said the gun went off in the library’s first-floor security office prior to opening. A security guard Sunday accidentally discharged his weapon inside the downtown Main Library. No one was injured. The bullet went through two walls and embedded in a third, Josephson said.
MESA, AZ, 1/20/13: When officers arrived, they found Noyes dead inside. The victim's 59-year-old wife, Patricia Noyes, was the only other person there, and detective say there is no indication that anyone else is involved. Police say there is some indication that the victim's wife was handling the gun, when it accidentally discharged.
SHARON, PA, 1/20/13: Barnes claimed he was holding the pistol by the grip and the victim was pulling on both his hand and the revolver. Barnes claimed the gun ‘went off’and (Le’Angelo) was struck in the chest. Barnes stated he dropped the gun on the floor and he and Spicer carried (Le’Angelo) to a car and drove him to the hospital.
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ORLANDO, FL, 1/21/13: Police said there was a large crowd on the court playing basketball when two people bumped into each other during the game. Investigators said one of the men had a gun in his waistband and pulled it out to check it when the gun accidentally fired, hitting Whitehead.
BATON ROUGE, LA, 1/21/13: Authorities said a 2-year-old is dead after getting shot Monday evening by his teen brother who was playing with a gun.
WARWICK, RI, 1/21/13: Based on information at the scene, investigators said William Liebrich made the call and then shot his wife while she was in bed before turning the gun on himself.
FT. PIERCE, FL, 1/21/13: A police's officer's .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol accidentally discharged, grazing his leg in a parking lot near a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration Monday at Lawnwood Park. Officer Kevin Macrito was part of a police patrol of the event when he was inserting the pistol in the holster and it fired.
SPRING HILL, KS, 1/21/13: A woman was hit in the face but not seriously hurt. She told police she accidentally shot herself.
NATICK, MA, 1/21/13: A Maine man trying to sell a gun to his friend on Sunday accidentally shot the man in the hand, authorities said.
SAN DIEGO, CA, 1/22/13: Police say the 20-year-old man was in a park with some female friends just before 10 p.m., and was putting a semi auto 9mm handgun to his head and pulling the trigger as a joke. The gun did not have a round in the chamber at the time. The victim and friends walked to a house at the corner of Raven and Hilltop Dr. shortly after, and the victim repeated the joke in the front yard, but this time, the victim pulled the trigger and it went off.
OPELOUSAS, LA, 1/22/13: “My grandson was up front and when the dog moved to see him, it bumped the gun and it went off.”
NORTHBRIDGE, MA, 1/22/13: Police said the man accidentally discharged his firearm and the bullet struck him in the abdomen.
ARLINGTON, TX, 1/22/13: Two men showing each other their guns accidentally shot when one goes off at Arlington home
BOZEMAN, MT, 1/22/13: MSU Police Chief Robert Putzke said that a Montana State University student accidentally discharged a round from a rifle into the pavement of the North Hedges parking lot.
NORTH HARRIS, TX, 1/22/13: That Lone Star College shooting? Check this out: KHOU-TV, citing a law enforcement source, reports that one man shot the other and then accidentally shot himself in the buttocks.
AKRON, OH, 1/23/13: A medical examiner completed the autopsy Thursday morning and said Jamarcus Allen died from a single gunshot wound to the head. It's not clear if the boy picked up the gun and accidentally shot himself or if someone else shot him.
FOUNTAIN, CO, 1/23/13: Police say that the 3 year-old child found a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun in the master bedroom and acshot himself in the foot.n the foot.
HOWELL, NJ, 1/24/13: A special agent of the New Jersey Department of Treasury is being treated at a local hospital after accidentally shooting himself during training at the Monmouth County Police Academy Firearms Training Facility. Capt. Andy Kudrick of the Howell Police Department said the 41-year-old man was taking part in firearms familiarization training when his firearm discharged.
ALBERTVILLE, AL, 1/24/13: Albertville man dies in apparent accidental shooting
BOAZ, AL, 1/24/13: A man was shot during a game of quick draw at Extreme Concepts on Highway 431 in Boaz Thursday night, according to police. Boaz Police arrived on the scene and found 30-year-old Patrick Daniel Garrett with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to Marshall Medical Center South where he was pronounced dead. Two or three other people were at the business when officers arrived. Witnesses said they were playing quick draw with their guns, but they thought all of the guns were unloaded.
SWEETWATER, TN, 1/24/13: The Sweetwater community is morning the death of a 15-year-old Sweetwater High student after police say he accidentally shot himself Thursday afternoon while handling a family handgun.
STOCKTON, CA, 1/24/13: The woman told police she was accidentally shot by someone riding in the back seat of her car near Arch Airport Road and South Airport Way.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

Right, because keeping your money is worth becoming a murderer.

No more so than stealing other people's money is worth not having a job.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

It wasn't even about keeping his money, it was about shooting someone. The article clearly states the robber was already leaving so any fear the father had was at best invalid. He basically shot a man in the back for the LOLZ.

A guy who deserved it if you value fun over life and a guy I would have shot if I were in the same position but still.

So you would have shot the same douchebag for LOLZ, but you criticize the guy that got to him first? Help me understand the rationale of your thinking on this.

Hypothetically, do you both go to jail? Just one of you gets parole? How does your philosophy play out here?

 

[KyleW]

So you would have shot the same douchebag for LOLZ, but you criticize the guy that got to him first? Help me understand the rationale of your thinking on this.

Hypothetically, do you both go to jail? Just one of you gets parole? How does your philosophy play out here?

Do you truly think he was serious about shooting the guy?

 

[Sean Renaud]

So you would have shot the same douchebag for LOLZ, but you criticize the guy that got to him first? Help me understand the rationale of your thinking on this.

Hypothetically, do you both go to jail? Just one of you gets parole? How does your philosophy play out here?

I admit at times that I'm a douche. Just like I admit that gun control would save lives but I'd rather keep my guns encase a president decides to open a secret prison and sanction torture or starts killing Americans with drones. God knows that my hand gun, shotguns and rifle are more than enough to overthrow the government when the time comes.

We both go to jail. The gun was clearly not fired in self defense, that time passed the moment his back was turned and he was leaving. I'd probably do the same thing as would everybody who's to the right of say Ghandi but that doesn't make it the right call.

 

[bronzeage]

So you would have shot the same douchebag for LOLZ, but you criticize the guy that got to him first? Help me understand the rationale of your thinking on this.

Hypothetically, do you both go to jail? Just one of you gets parole? How does your philosophy play out here?

We should leave it up to a jury to decide who is a douchebag and who is not, but it is strange that a robber would choose a crowded restaurant at lunch time.

It's just about as strange as restaurant patron shooting a man in the back and then claiming to have just been robbed.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

I admit at times that I'm a douche.

How much better the world would be if everyone did this one little thing. ^^^^^

 

[JuanVato]

and

It was at the height of lunch time, about 1 p.m., when a would-be robber walked into a Burger King, flashed his gun at one of the family diners, and demanded the diner fork over money and valuables, police said in a CBS report. The robber was exiting when the father, who feared for his and his family’s life, CBS said, took out his own gun and shot the suspect in the leg.

Have it your way.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...-shooting/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

"We should just have Mexico style gun control laws. It works great there."
--Libs

 

[BlueEyesInLevis]

"We should just have Mexico style gun control laws. It works great there."
--Libs

And Mexican immigration laws too!

 

[Sean Renaud]

How much better the world would be if everyone did this one little thing. ^^^^^

Wouldn't it though? It's not like there aren't several posters the OP included who are praising a man for shooting someone in the back. Presumably they would have done the same given the chance since they clearly think this man made the right call.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I'd kill for a Whopper right about now.

 

[Sean Renaud]

"We should just have Mexico style gun control laws. It works great there."
--Libs

It would probably work without us though.
--Reality