Dept. Of Righteous Shootings

April 30, 2008
4:00 AM CST

From several Readers comes this heartwarming tale:

Sinkers Wine and Spirits lost some of their merchandise on Saturday night, but Clifford Baxter is hardly upset. He’s just happy to have survived the gunfight that took place in his store over the weekend when two armed men tried to rob Sinkers late Saturday.

“I was in the back room, and came out and a man walked in with a pistol in his hand, and I went back to call 911,” said Baxter.

Meanwhile, police said the suspects pointed a gun at store clerks and forced two customers to the ground. The would-be robbers probably didn’t suspect that one of the customers would be carrying a gun nor that he would end up using it.

Baxter believes the customer and the suspects exchanged about ten gunshots. The would-be robbers tried to flee, but one of the men collapsed at the scene and died shortly after.

The only way this would have had a better outcome is if Our Hero had whacked both scumbags.

And it gets better:

Police said the citizen had a valid carry permit, and a right to protect himself.

“A citizen just like a police officer has the right to defend themselves or others, if they’re in fear of death or serious bodily injury and that right extends to using deadly force,” said Capt. David Imhof with Metro Police.

Now that’s what I call the correct police attitude. Come in, take names, remove the corpus delicti, and pat the heroes on the back.

[pauses to let the cheers subside]

But the good news keeps on coming:

As for the workers at Sinkers, who were unarmed at the time, they said they have plans to protect themselves in the future.

Yup. They were lucky, once; now they can make their own luck in future.

Dead goblin count: 164