Armed robbery just isn't safe anymore
 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/elderly-california-store-owner-shot-would-be-robber-speaks-out-did-hunting-when-kid

p.s. DON'T WATCH THE VIDEO

Good for the old guy but dang, the thug had an AR type platform. Fortunately, he didn't know how to use it.

The BG was probably counting on the owner freezing in fear. Instead he got "he shot my arm off". Too bad the owner can get the AR's as the spoils of battle.

Sadly the owner had a heart attack after, any word on how he is?

Norco CA. was not a good choice for the bad guys.

The bad guys backed into a parking space, the owner chambered a round and was ready & able.
Bad guy with long rifle, arm was severely injured. He ran screaming " He shot my arm off"

The joke in Norco is: What's the state bird? Answer: The Horse Fly. Great cowboy town and a fine example of California western lifestyle

"He shot my arm off." Fantastic. It's too bad the guy didn't get another shot or two off to finish the job.

The video said he is expected to be O.K.

that's too bad. Oh, you mean the old guy! OK, that's a good thing.

Dang old baby boomers don't cotton to getting robbed. He took care of the problem. Too bad he did not have a better aim.

He hit the thug while hiding behind cover, not bad if you ask me.

Some liberal prosecutor will try hard to find a way to charge the old guy, claiming that the poor robber-victim was attempting to turn and escape before the shot was fired.


edit: oops, I probably shouldn't have said liberal prosecutor, as someone is likely to accuse me of PARFing up the thread. Of course, I meant to say right-wing prosecutor.

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They just edit your post if you really meant it. Please make it non parf by taking out a few words.

Done

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Dang..wish the thug could receive hospital visitors. It would be great if somebody could walk in his room, point at him, then say; "HA-HA!"

Shooting with a shotgun it is hard to miss totally.

Riverside, not LA, so he will probably be okay

Still not bad for blind shot, all he needed to do was persuade him to go away. Looked like a pretty short gun

So I presume they will not bother to charge the wood be robber since he did not get any money and was injured.

Moral of the story, never bring an AR into a shotgun fight, haha.

Not sure what gauge the shotgun was, but it made a sound like a 410 firing birdshot.

Or park facing in.

I'd take an AR over a shotgun any day, but I also know how to use one and it's not for a deterrent effect. Too bad the BG didn't get shot in the balls, so he can't reproduce. I hope he becomes left handed.

Shop owner had a heart attack after the shooting. Expected to be OK.

Too bad he didn't hit center mass.

Civilian seem to like shooting the arms off of bad guys.

He probably jerked the trigger as he brought the barrel up to fire. Understandable, given the excitement of the situation. Did he fire only the one shot? If so, he did pretty well hitting three of the four. The bad guys obviously never read Roger's Rules for Rangers. You never stand too close to your compatriots so one shot can't get more than one person.

Chad Bianco is the sheriff and Mike Hestrin is the D.A. I'm sure that Chad is okay with the self defense and that Hestrin agrees.

Dave

I just love stories with happy endings.

there will be lawsuits against the shop owner for shooting one and the others are now traumatized and not sure if they can rob anyone else. they will sue for future loss of income from theft.

My friend sent me a Twitter video of a bank robber running up to a guard who had his hand resting on his gun. The cop shot the bad guy in the neck and he was spraying blood like a fire hose, but was still trying to shoot the cop. His buddy booked out of the bank when lead started flying.

Bad guy leaked coolant all over the floor and crumpled in the roundabout doorway.

If it’s too much, mods please delete.

https://twitter.com/gigabeers/status/1554800289542275074?s=21&t=1wF1XxqPDb3ZnSApLthsyA

holy sheiße! that was like a Tarantino movie. That really brings it home how anything but a shot to the spine/brain may not have an immediate effect. Thank goodness the guard wasn't shot as he crawled behind the desks with the perp shooting over him.

Wow!

better video of the OP without all of the BS. Perp screaming like a little girl (which seems to be more the norm when bad guys are confronted with someone that's defending themselves).

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That guard in the bank should have mag dumped on that robber

The guard had a revolver, and got, I'm pretty sure, at least 3 rounds off. When he went over the wall, he dropped his gun and kept going. I think that was his belt that fell off and was hung up around his foot/ankle. Once the guy collapsed, the guard went back to get his dropped gun. I think he did OK all things considered. I suspect if I was getting shot at, at point blank range, my concentration and focus would be lacking.

No.

Better that the robber had about 30 seconds to consider his life's folly.

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Actually, if you look close, the guard did get hit. You can see the blood on the floor. Hopefully he survived. He had his hand on his gun at just the right time and pulled it before the bad guy even knew it.

That bad guy must’ve been running on adrenaline, to pump that much blood, before collapsing.

every surveillance camera should have high definition video like this.

Yep, that's unfortunate, but blown up to full screen, the guard definitely was bleeding. Very unfortunate, but seems like (hopefully) "minor" (compared to bad guy).

I assume 99.9% of the time if they don't, it's because the business owners aren't willing to spend the money to get it.

Mag dump probably keeps guard from getting shot though



Amazing how much blood someone can lose and still walk around.

Yeah, that's what you get for being parked in a disabled park!

A friend and I were talking about that yesterday. Those goddang guys don't belong there and they drive distances to commit their crime. Stolen cars too, I think.