Posted on May 15, 2015
Common thief vs. Iraq veteran - What would you have done?
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Liquor Store Clerk Iraq Veteran Turns Tables On Would Be Robber
Over the weekend 54-year-old Jon Lewis Alexander was working at Beer:30 Liquor Store in Marionville, Missouri when a man entered the store, pulled a gun on h...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5_ea1yCwqo
What is your reaction to this video? With recent public buzz about violent crime and gun ownership, would you say this clerk represents the exception amongst gun owning veterans?
What is your reaction to this video? With recent public buzz about violent crime and gun ownership, would you say this clerk represents the exception amongst gun owning veterans?
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Posted 9 y ago
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I give the Veteran major Props for exercising the control and restraint that he did in taking control of the situation and responding to the threat.
I’m not sure what the second question means by exception amongst gun owning Veterans. I know many Veterans who own firearms and are capable of handling a situation like the one in the video. I will grant that there are more than a few who would have pulled the trigger if for no other reason than they could and most likely not face prosecution given that the unsuccessful armed robber drew first with deadly force. Given the situation the Veteran in the Video felt he had the situation in hand.
He responded with the threat of controlled deadly force and chose to deescalate the amount of force to the level necessary to stop the robbery attempt and force the perpetrator to leave the premises empty handed and probably grateful to be alive or recovering in an ICU somewhere.
I’m not sure what the second question means by exception amongst gun owning Veterans. I know many Veterans who own firearms and are capable of handling a situation like the one in the video. I will grant that there are more than a few who would have pulled the trigger if for no other reason than they could and most likely not face prosecution given that the unsuccessful armed robber drew first with deadly force. Given the situation the Veteran in the Video felt he had the situation in hand.
He responded with the threat of controlled deadly force and chose to deescalate the amount of force to the level necessary to stop the robbery attempt and force the perpetrator to leave the premises empty handed and probably grateful to be alive or recovering in an ICU somewhere.
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I could only hope I'd be as calm and have the control not to pull the trigger like he had done. Without the training I hate to say it I may have ended a life out of the anger of him trying to mess up my day. To me he is something I can only hope to be like if needed. I've been robbed a few times as a young teen and hate the feeling, glad it worked out for him and only hope the showing of the video doesn't come back to haunt him or cause him or anyone around him harm at a later date.
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Awesome to bad he didn't just have the guy wait for cops to get him but all in all good move I have my concealed carry and I carry as often as I can
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SFC Michael Jackson, MBA
I think this guy we likely think twice before attempting any more robberies.
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Doesn't surprise me at all. This was a very good friend of mine, and a combat-veteran herself.
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/Man-wanted-in-Knollwood-liquor-store-robbery--249213541.html
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/Man-wanted-in-Knollwood-liquor-store-robbery--249213541.html
Man wanted in Knollwood liquor store robbery
KNOLLWOOD, TX -- The Grayson County Sheriff's Office says it is looking for a man who robbed the Knollwood Liquor and Beer Store Saturday night.
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