Geez, It’s getting to the point that a man can’t even enjoy his morning coffee anymore. This guy sure saved the day. He should get free coffee at that 7-11 for a long time.
btw several other sources reported it was a hatchet. The clerk wouldn’t have survived a blow from an axe.
Only because I’m sure that this is headed outside of MPSIMS based on the comment/non-comments already:
Many/most sane citizens are aware that it is in fact possible for an armed person to prevent a crime, save a life, or what have you. However, individual anecdotes are not really relevant in building responsible public policy that works for all citizens. Yes, it’s possible that in an alternate universe where no one was allowed to carry guns that dude with the axe might have killed the clerk, and maybe someone else as well. That doesn’t mean that this is somehow evidence that it is good for American citizens in general for the citizenry to be armed.
Absolutely. The lack of proper regulation over axes is a travesty. You can kill a hundred people without resharpening and most of us will never need one to chop down a tree.
Such alternate universes (also known as countries) do exist. As such, it’s possible to compare homicide rates and see if there’s any meaningful difference between countries where the populace is armed and unarmed.
. . . is like pushing this thread off the cliff of the gun thread debate, and then turning around and whistling like he had nothing to do with it. Not to mention the OP’s own history. I hardly think I was working magic.
I have a hard time thinking that anybody was lucky in this situation at all. I guarantee you that if I get hatched, I’m going to say it was an unlucky day.