# Positive Gun News of the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490 "2015-10-22T22:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 384
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/384 "2016-01-24T03:31:07Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > And, yeah, this is the appropriate thread, how? I think it’s indicative that **septimus** believes it to be a positive event when firefighters are shot while performing their duties. We’ve already had someone praising suicide as a positive event as well. Everyone has different beliefs - what they consider positive speaks to their character I suppose. * * * In other news, [Winston-Salem jewelry store robbery suspect shot, killed by ‘person in charge’](http://www.wxii12.com/news/police-respond-to-shooting-call-at-ws-business/36209610) > [@](#): > > Police said three masked suspects armed with guns entered the store. Two suspects threatened customers and workers, while one suspect stood guard at the entrance, police said. > > One suspect then smashed display cases and began to remove jewelry, police said. > > As the incident was taking place, a person in control of the business retrieved a gun and walked from the back to the front of the store, police said. The person confronted Elliott and fired two shots, police said. > > The wounded Elliott tried to flee but collapsed just outside the business, police said. > > The person shot the suspect out of “fear of his life and the lives of the business’s employees and patrons,” police said in a statement Tuesday. 3 vs 1 and the one prevailed. DGU with one dead robber. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490)._