Via @charlescwcooke comes this reminder as to why you should not go into a convenience store wearing a mask, brandishing a gun, and demanding money:
As the alleged robber pointed his gun at the store’s employees, however, a customer pulled out his own gun.
The robber’s gun, it turns out, was fake.
The customer’s was not.
I am actually sorry that the man is dead – but I feel even sorrier for the guy who had to shoot him. And yes, ‘had.’ A man who takes out a gun and points it at people is a man who has just demonstrated his willingness to engage in an act of violence. It is nobody else’s fault if people decided to take that man at his word.
Moe Lane
PS: It does not actually matter that the gun was fake.
I feel zero sympathy for the attempted robber. None. At. All. That’s one less P.O.S. sucking up tax dollars in prison.
and tonite the gene pool is a little bit cleaner. i see no downside.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.