Robber Has Fake Weapon. Good Guy With A Gun? Not So Much.

By Tom Knighton

A video went viral showing two robbers holding up a convenience store. They’re soon confronted by an armed security guard who ends the confrontation quick, fast, and in a hurry. The video has been shown numerous times, but since it doesn’t seem to get old, here it is again.

While the video was attributed to be a robbery at a 7-Eleven in New Jersey, it now appears the robbery took place in Compton, CA on Tuesday.

The two suspects attempted to hold up the convenience store. One jumps over the counter and draws what appears to be a firearm. The clerk raises his hands and the second suspect goes over the counter as well.

Then an armed security guard enters and fires his weapon at the suspects.

At this point, the two master criminals give up, calling out that their guns are fake.

“Oh well,” the guard responds. “Mine is real.”

You just can’t help but feel a little giddy inside at the exchange. After all, the threat was still very real so far as anyone could tell at the time. Further, I wouldn’t take a crook’s word for a gun being fake until I had the chance to check it out myself, and …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms