Really? Most places have “shall issue” rules in place for concealed carry laws? Cos we surely do not in Australia. Nor do department stores sell firearms, like they do in the US. I think the rules are different, despite having similar cultures.
This young woman was seriously injured and according to the accompanying TV news video, was facing additional surgery for the wound to her stomach which the doctors were concerned about. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with medical costs and is linked to in the accompanying story. Here’s hoping she pulls through okay.
Good to see local television media, at least, broadcasting these stories. Too bad one has to rely on Facebook and conservative sites to hear about them nationally like we do every time some wacko with a gun kills someone.
Liberal media bias, folks. It’s real and this is one of the ways it expresses itself.
That article notes only that they are afraid of those things, not how much they fear them. On some level, I am afraid of getting shot and of terrorism. I fear getting stung by a bee or losing my car keys more, though, as those events are much more likely. I expect the people polled for that article would have similar fear levels. That article is of no value.
I can’t tell if this is a commentary on the quality of individual risk assessment, the over inflated risk assessment of terrorism across the political spectrum, or the over inflated risk assessment of gun “violence” including suicide across the political spectrum, a lesson in odd A vs. B matchups, or something else.
And, you misread the article. Not a majority of Republicans as you state:
I don’t give a crap about Republicrats and Democans. I am telling you that poll is useless because it doesn’t tell us how much they fear those things compared to anything else. “Do you fear getting shot or terrorists more?” isn’t very useful when most people who answered probably aren’t especially afraid of either.
:dubious: No, that is not “Positive Gun News,” that is a worse outcome than if he had gotten away with the money. The contents of a cash register are worth nobody’s life.
Thanks for sharing! Fortunately the laws in nearly every state disagree with you. If you think this is a bad outcome, good luck trying to change the laws.
And it’s a vastly better income than if the robber had decided to start shooting once he had the money in hand, as have many robbers over the years.
I once was close with a young family consisting of a guy with second job at a convenience store, and his wife and 6-year-old son who came to visit him one day. They were robbed of $50, herded into the cooler and shot execution style by their robbers. (The bad guys were later found and sent to prison. The shooter subsequently escaped several years later and I’ve never heard of him being found.)
It’s ludicrous beyond belief to suggest that anyone being robbed and having access to a gun should opt not to use it and choose instead to hand over the money and stand there meekly hoping the bad guy won’t shoot them, all because supposedly the robber’s life is worth more than the money in the till. Robbers aren’t shot because of the value of the money involved, they’re shot because they’re threatening the lives of other human beings.