Bob Irwin highlights the latest self-defense and other shootings of the week. Read them and see what went wrong, what went right and what we can learn from self-defense with a gun.
USA –-(Ammoland.com)- KYW 1060 News radio reports 03-15-19 in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Police say a man is dead after being shot by the owner of the store he was trying to rob in West Philadelphia on Thursday night.
Philadelphia Police say a man in his 20s went into the store, at 54th Street and Wyalusing Avenue, wearing a ski mask and armed with a gun. The store owner was also armed with a gun, and he shot the masked man one time in the stomach.
The would-be robber left the store, and he was found by police in a car nearby. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital for treatment but later died from the gunshot wound.
The store owner was not hurt, and police say they did take two guns from the scene, one which belonged to the attempted robber, the other to the store owner.
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Convenience stores, head shops, delis, anything open late are at constant threat from armed robbers. Most national chains do not allow their employees to be armed. They worry more about lawsuits then employees’ lives. Independent owners seem to think differently. Defending your family members and their livelihood is way more important than defending establishments owned by others. Hopefully, the store owner has another gun.
About Bob Irwin
Bob is retired after 30 years of ownership of The Gun Store & Indoor Range in Las Vegas. He continues his 2A issues show “Fired Up with Bob Irwin” on YouTube and on KLEY 1230 AM, The Nevada Talk Network on Saturdays.
As a firearm instructor of Concealed Firearm Applicants, Armed Security Officer and Law Enforcement Academies over his career, Bob appears frequently as an expert witness for firearm & use of force cases in Federal, State, and local courts.
“it might be a long time before you get it back.”……
If EVER.
Buy this guy a tall beer!
Of course the police took the store owner’s gun. They always do, because it’s evidence. They can’t very well conduct an investigation without running ballistics comparisons, and they can’t do that without taking the gun.
And, notice that the offender, after being fatally gut-shot, “left the store.” If he had enough energy left to do that, he had enough energy to continue his attack, had he chosen to do so.
“Stopping power” is a myth.
I would make a comment but your censors would just delete it!
THAT is justice dealt correctly !
Huh? “Hopefully the store owner has another gun” ??? Hold on a minute. There should be no reason why he shouldn’t get his gun used in the defensive shooting back.
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Oh, hell, my mistake. I forgot, he probably lives and works in a gun-free zone in a gun free city, in a nearly gun-free state, if it’s Philadelphia, PA.
Sounds like a crime story with a happy ending. Guaranteed the perp won’t be involved in any more criminal activity. Good riddance.
The police took the store owners gun. That means easy pickings for the next thug that wants to rob the store.
Good for the shop owner!! He reduced crime and saved the taxpayers a ton of money!!