From First Coast News (Jacksonville, FL):
A would-be robber was shot by a Gainesville store clerk when he tried to rob a convenience store Sunday night.
The man walked into a West University Avenue business, armed and looking for quick cash.
Instead, he was shot once in the torso and ran from the store.
Well, now there’s a wonderful twist to a typical armed robbery.
The would-be robber went into the store and walked up to the clerk, who was apparently talking on the phone.
That’s when the man demanded cash.
The clerk asked him to repeat what he had said. He again demanded cash and this time fired a round from his gun inside the store.
The clerk pulled a gun from under the counter and shot him in the chest.
OK, the predator came into the store with the intent of stealing someone else’s stuff. He also brought a gun, and even fired it to show he meant business. That is what’s called an imminent lethal threat. A Florida citizen is now well within their rights to respond with their own lethal response. Good thing the clerk was armed, as so many wimpy stores do not allow their employees to be armed, preferring that their innocent employees simply bleed to death.
