Dollar Store Employee Chose To Be Armed, And It Payed Off

By James England

ATLANTA, GEORGIA — An armed robber attempted to make off with the cash register in a Family Dollar in Southwest Atlanta when one of the clerks pulled a gun of his own and shot him.

According to an Atlanta police spokesman, an unnamed suspect walked into the Family Dollar located off Cascade and demanded the cash box and its contents from an employee working the counter. He took the contents and was proceeding to exit when the employee drew a handgun of his own and shot him twice — once in the thigh and once in the hand.

The latest word from NBC 11 Atlanta is that the robber had been apprehended and taken in for medical treatment. He will be charged in the attempted armed robbery. The employee is not expected to receive charges.

This is a case of using deadly force to stop a violent felony from taking place. There’s a bit of a clear distinction between using a gun to defend your life and using it, where applicable by state law, to stop the commission of a crime. As we can pretty clearly see, this armed robber already completed his objective and was looking to escape. The specific …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation