I should do this more often as we see a good outcome from what could have been a disaster; from The Blaze (emphasis mine, reformatted):
A robbery suspect armed with a knife entered a Kangaroo gas station in East Ridge, Tennessee, on Thursday with intentions to steal cash and cigarettes — but he didn’t make it out alive. During his escape attempt, police said the suspect took a female clerk hostage.
That’s when a law-abiding gun owner witnessed the robbery in progress and grabbed his firearm from his vehicle and confronted the suspect. The heroic bystander then “fired at least one round, striking him in the body,” East Ridge Police Capt. Tim Mullinax told WDEF-TV. He also revealed that the suspect was still holding the female victim when the gun owner took the risky and accurate shot to the suspect’s chest.
The armed customer will not face any charges. The robbery suspect has not been identified by police because they are still trying to notify his next of kin.
Good for the law abiding citizen for freeing the innocent hostage by ventilating the perp. Decisions have consequences and if you attempt to do harm to others, well, this can be the outcome. The Left hates stories like this in always believing that only The State should own the means of Force and that we “civilians” should leave it “to the professionals”. It also hurts their lying narrative that a good guy with a gun can (and do) stop bad guys.
There is no “Could have been different”, “he could have missed” or some other thing that acts like their life-ring as their arguments inhale water. Look, accurate shots doesn’t happen by accident or luck – that takes training, discipline, and lots and lots of practice. Also remember, too, while courageous and brave, the police aren’t there all the time when bad guys decide to show their dark heart sides and go for stuff that don’t belong to them (sorta like the Progressives here, even as they pat themselves on the back for not using a knife but hey, Force is still Force no matter the tool when you are trying to take that which is not yours).
