Wow! It’s been several years, but I’ve been in that autozone! He did the right thing IMO and autozone will get an email from me.
Weren’t there other people in the store? Did he not come to their rescue? 
Selfish store owner thinks the only thing at risk is a couple hundred bucks, doesn’t even stop to consider the human lives at risk. :o
And in this Bearded Bandit or whatever his name is other robberies, what was the body count?
How many retail robberies end up as shootings?
Everyone always assumes it’s “just a robbery” until the robbers start shooting people.
Every killer has his “first time.”
I suspect if YOU were in your store and a MAN WITH GUN entered you’d probably use deadly force to protect yourself. Or are you gonna let him point a gun at you, demand money and assume he is only a robber and won’t really shoot?
You’re going to draw from concealment with a guy pointing a gun at you to protect your bosses insured register?
If a guy gets the drop no me like that, he gets my wallet and that’s the price you I pay for bad SA.
You’d trade a very slim chance of being shot at with a near certainty of getting shot at, all while in an inferior tactical position- that’s truly brilliant.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I can’t believe that I’m the only not taking crazy pils here. This is the exact opposite of what I read in the tactics forum here.
You’re not, but I decided to not to post the lengthy reply I had typed up last night.
Pursuing an armed suspect into a business in an attempt to thwart a robbery is foolish, at best. The Johnny Action routine flies in the face of every single piece of concealed-carry advice that I’ve ever heard or read… The best action would have been to act as a good witness after having escaped the store, up to even including following the suspect and provided direction of travel to police dispatch.
Autozone is very explicit about it’s cash register policies, and there isn’t supposed to be more than ~$250 in a given cash register if the employees act in accordance with company policy. Large bills and excess cash are placed in a drop-box below the register, and access to these boxes are limited to keys kept by store management, or locked in the store safe until needed.
There’s also probably 5+ people in any given Autozone during the middle of the day, and I wholeheartedly agree about the very small fraction of retail robberies that turn violent. No lone robber worth their salt is going to stick around to shoot all 5+ people in the store over <$1000 in small bills… Especially given this guy’s MO in the area, which is undoubtedly all over the news, including descriptions of the suspect.
I don’t agree with Autozone’s firearm policy, but I understand why they have such policy in place.
False courage with a gun will drive many to commit reckless acts which place more people in danger then not acting at all.
No but IF I believe he might shoot me I’ll take the first chance I get to deny him that opportunity.
Also you are making a LOT of assumptions again.
Read these:
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/dec/04/dunkin-donuts-shooting-suspects-are-cold-blooded-t/
I suspect the families of those killed would have loved for anyone to attempt any “reckless act of false courage.”
Posted on their Facebook page, thanks!
Also, sent this to their “Customer Service” department:
"Autozone has lost my business. After Autozone fired Devin McClean confronted an armed robber and possibly saved his manager’s life (in Virginia) and Autozone fires him, Autozone does not deserve my business or anyone else’s business. Autozone is a cowardly business and is PART of the problem in this country. We refuse to stand up to evil. Hasta La Vista, Autozone.
"
You’re not the only one. I just didn’t want to drudge through another GD thread.
We’re playing it very fast and loose with “rescue” in the title of the thread.
The manager believed otherwise.
Devin’s manager is grateful.
“He was like “Thank you Devin, you really saved my life,” says McClean.
He was there, we weren’t.
The manager is clearly an expert in tactics as it relates to confrontation in response to armed robberies.
Hero yelling “Freeze” and “Stop drop the weapon”, has seen way too many cop shows. Which is funny because he actually failed to even detain the criminal, which is kind of the whole point when playing police.
Run into a store during an armed robbery and start yelling verbal commands. Right. Dumbass probably ran out because he had a fake gun.
Well there are at least two people who BELIEVED the people inside were in serious danger and in need of rescue.
And once the guy hauled ass there wasn’t much to be done. Do you think Devin should have shot the fleeing criminal? Was he supposed to run after him? Try and tackle him?
- What would you prefer he’d said? “Pickles!!! Spaceship writing!!! Donkey!!!”
2). If he were “playing police” he would’ve arrived 5 min after the BG killed everyone and fled the scene.
- Are you ok? Seriously.
I don’t understand two things…
A. Why, when he was in bathroom didn’t he call 911?
B. Why didn’t bad guy drop gun?
.and related… why was it funny that he raised his hands with the gun in his hand.
Where is bad guy and where is gun?
Ok, 5 things…
Right or wrong something just doesn’t make sense.
Sorry, but I laughed at that a lot more than I should have.
A. Maybe he didn’t have an Obamaphone.
B. Probably didn’t want to leave any evidence behind but still hoping to not get shot.
All I know is if anyone ever breaks into my house I’m yelling “Pickles” before I shoot them.
:sarcastic: