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Gun Control & RKBA

Dial H For Hero

(2,971 posts) Thu Mar 24, 2022, 10:17 PM Mar 2022

Would-be robber shot dead inside Philadelphia dollar store: Police [View all]

https://6abc.com/philadelphia-shooting-robber-shot-girard-street-dollar-store/11678913/

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia police say a would-be robber was killed inside of a dollar store on Thursday night.

It happened around 8:30 p.m. at the Dollar General located at 9th Street and Girard Avenue.

Police say a man tried to rob the store when he was shot in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The store manager, who is licensed to carry, shot and killed a man who said he had a gun and ordered the cashier to empty the register, according to investigators.

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Would-be robber shot dead inside Philadelphia dollar store: Police [View all] Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 OP

Seems a bit excessive Buzz cook Mar 2022 #1

Would it have been less excessive had he been robbing a Neiman Marcus? Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #4

How frequently are people killed by armed robbers? Buzz cook Mar 2022 #16

I'm not sure of the likelihood of a "typical" robber injuring or killing their victim(s). Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #17

And if the robber were Buzz cook Mar 2022 #18

Once he is no longer a threat, the judicial process takes over. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #19

And how threatening? Buzz cook Mar 2022 #23

Jurisdictions may vary in the answer to these questions. Lucid Dreamer Mar 2022 #24

Well that's an easy fix DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #7

Isn't that what the robber was there with a gun to threaten to do? LiberatedUSA Mar 2022 #10

As the kids now say bottomofthehill Mar 2022 #2

As of yesterday . . . AndyS Mar 2022 #3

I infer those are year to date numbers. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #5

I'd say something that can be verified. Otherwise it's just opinion and opinions are AndyS Mar 2022 #6

Hell, I had a Defensive Crossbow Use The Mouth Mar 2022 #8

I'd have to agree but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #9

The Gun Violence Archive uses AndyS Mar 2022 #11

re: "...what else is there?" discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #12

"What else" referrs to what to base AndyS Mar 2022 #13

Yes, I know that "what else" referred to. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #14

I'm sorry, I can't let this go. AndyS Mar 2022 #15

Replies discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #20

I give up. AndyS Mar 2022 #21

Can we just agree that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #22

Question... yagotme Mar 2022 #25

Self defense has always been legal in the home and out of it. AndyS Mar 2022 #26

Barely got past your first line. yagotme Mar 2022 #27