Yeah, starting a gunfight unnecessarily risked the lives of every bystander.

Just a bad idea in general. It's certainly "badass" I guess, in an action movie sense, but in reality, stupid and dangerous. Not just for yourself, but everybody nearby.

Its a stupid policy. If somebody points a gun at you its a threat on your life. Misfires happen and I wouldn't want a thug pointing a gun at me. .
The only thing the guy did wrong was miss those punks.

Walgreens has every right to fire him. Bringing a gun to work is against almost every company's policy.

However, why did these guys try to rob a Walgreens and not a bank? It's because they know that there is no security at a Walgreens and their employees are told just to comply.

Workers at fast food places, convenience stores, and any place open late or with poor security are often robbed and the employees killed.

Their employers don't really care to hire security guards or close at a decent hour since that would cut into profits. It's cheaper in the long run just to give robbers the money; and if an employee is killed by some thief it's no huge deal since the employee knew the risks when they started working there.

What happened to the libertarian utopia where all businesses make their own laws, Cena?

Your trolling is really bad lately.

Plus, smart companies open life insurance policies on their employees, so it's win-win!

What about an employee's right to defend himself? Some large corporation has a large blanket no guns policy that covers all stores from small towns in Vermont to South Central LA. There's places in this country where a person would be a fool not to be strapped.
I'm a Libertarian, but I'm a bit less dogmatic than most.

So corporations should be able to discriminate all they want, except when it effects something you like?

Cena, if Walgreens doesn't respect his right to go vigilante on some robbers, he's better off leaving and seeking employment elsewhere.

Like the Coast Guard!

Who said I was for discrimination? I hate Rand Paul.
Sure they can go join the Coast Guard, but the man obviously took pride in his job and didn't want any assholes robbing his store and harassing his employees.

Gun law debate aside, closing stores early because places occasionally get robbed (which happens during the day, too) would be lame. Sometimes you need food at 3 AM.

It REAAAALLY does.

I wouldn't be carrying a gun to work like a fucking psycho in the first place. I've been in similar situations. Thousands of people who work convenience/counter jobs have. Amazingly, the majority of us tend to survive these encounters without trying to replay the opening scene from Cobra.

P.S. Phoning 911 in clear sight of the robbers during the robbery. That's really fucking intelligent and will not cause them to do bodily harm to anyone in the store.

P.P.S. Wearing a short skirt in clear sight of some gang rapists in a dark alley. That's really fucking intelligent and will not cause them to do bodily harm to anyone in the alley.

I bet he wishes you were around to spin it to HR.

Glad to see a fellow sane person here.