Common thief vs. Iraq veteran - What would you have done?

That is awesome. I carry anytime I go out of the house and would never want to use my pistol. I like that he was able to resolve the issue without having to pull the trigger. Either way, he chose the wrong store to try to rob.

Common Thief? "There is nothing common the way I thieve!" Lol

its not something every veteran should take on. it depends on wether or not you continue to continue training in some aspect
keeping your reflexes and knowledge is a must!

The problem is the next guy will come in and just shoot the clerk.

That guy is crazy.

I have not carried in a long time and not had any of the current training, so I would not feel comfortable in that situation (Actually I don't carry for that reason). It takes practice, and muscle memory to pull that off.
That was perfectly played when the perp pulled his gun hand back to keep the pistol out of Vet's grasp rather than backing away and keeping teh weapon trained on the Vet he created the opening. To our Vet I say BZ.

Same thing I don't like not carrying

Awesome restraint, if I draw I fire

Bad things happen to bad people everyday. They have to live with the poor decisions they make and this incident shows that you can never tell who is going to fight back.

I have a concealed weapons carry permit and I also know how to use my weapon and in this case I would hope that I would do the same thing, I can't stand a thief, if doesn't belong to you and you try to take without paying then you're a thief and you should be stopped by all means necessary that is if you're qualified to use a weapon. Then at such time it's a judgement call weather you pull out your weapon or not not