Ceiling Tile Ventilation

[True_Texan]

I just got back from a quick trip to the convenience store. While I was there, the clerk, who has become a well known acquaintance, pointed toward the ceiling in front of the door. I looked up and saw a shot gun blast in one of the ceiling tiles.

Apparently, 30 to 45 min after I had left the night before, some guy decided he wanted to make a quick withdrawal. The clerk said the man walked in the door, fired off a round, turned to counter and told him to put all the money in a bag. Now, the clerk was saying the guy only had 1 shot in the shotgun as in, the gun only held one at a time. I asked if it was a break-action shotgun which of course only got me a blank stare.

But he said after the guy through the bag on the counter, he reached down to pick up a shell he had dropped on the floor. Whether it was an empty or a fumbled a reload, I don't know. But now the clerk has a pipe behind the counter that he said he would use because the robber looked away from him while he was picking up the shell. Not sure if that is the best idea.

Anyway, apparently the robber made off with $600. The clerk told me that he didn't give him any of the $100 or $50 bills. Only $20's and smaller. He said if he would have gotten all of the cash, it would have been somewhere around $5000.

Here's a pic of it. Sorry for the blurry picture. Snapped a quick shot of it with my iPhone (got the 3GS BTW phil ) while trying not to draw the other customers attention to it.



This just bothers me because that is a little too close to home for me. Store is less then a quarter mile away.

[Hazcat]

True Tex,

I am afraid it will get much closer.......and soon.

[Texas_Bryan]

Help him out on the gun front, the robber probably won't be back tomorrow, but in four or five months your boy could be ready, with a weapon and some training.

[True_Texan]

Help him out on the gun front, the robber probably won't be back tomorrow, but in four or five months your boy could be ready, with a weapon and some training.

I did suggest that actually. That is when he showed me the steal pipe he had behind the counter. 

[Texas_Bryan]

I did suggest that actually. That is when he showed me the steal pipe he had behind the counter. 

  Indeed.  A pipe?  Tell him to get a good stabbing knife if that's the route he's going to go.  Yeah, OC and a knife, the old one two.

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[MikeBjerum]

I did suggest that actually. That is when he showed me the steal pipe he had behind the counter. 

A steel pipe is a great idea ... especially if it is holding a brass case packed with lead and powder!  

Seriously, I know that not every business is friendly toward their employees protecting themselves, but I'm sure there is some training in the area that would be of benefit to him and anyone working or living in a similar area/situation.

Glad it is all good so far, and I hope it stays that way.

[Kid Shelleen]

Thankfully no one was hurt!!!!

[tombogan03884]

The pipe is more likely to get him killed as the next robber may not be a bumbling dipshit. NEVER resort to half measures, Texas has lenient gun laws for a reason.

[m25operator]

The pipe is more likely to get him killed as the next robber may not be a bumbling dipshit. NEVER resort to half measures, Texas has lenient gun laws for a reason.

And more importantly, lenient Grand juries. and prosecutors, but it does depend on which county.

[fightingquaker13]

+ 100. Concealed means concealed. Your employer might not want you to carry a gun, so don't tell him, or any other employee. Keep your mouth shut, your gun hidden in your waste band and who will know? I wil not go after a guy armed with a gun if  all I've got is a pipe. Tell him to get his CHL, and then tell him to tell no one. All things being equal, it can't any worse. Better your jb than your wife.