Good guy story

[00tec]

Short version:
Dude walks into a Waffle house in TX with an AK. Makes it to the parking lot and encounters someone else. Police now trying to ID suspect because he is on life support.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/headlines/20160712-robber-with-ak-47-was-shot-by-waffle-house-customer-desoto-police-say.ece?ref=yfp

[Bailey Guns]

Handgun vs AK-47. Good job!

[BushMasterBoy]

I hope this story has a happy ending.

[Irving]

So far, the middle seems pretty happy.

[rondog]

But, but, but...BLM!!! Well, OK, not that one......

[sroz]

Maybe he should have saved the money he paid for the tattoos and AK (assuming he didn't steal it) and just got breakfast. He would be having a much better day.

[waxthis]

Hope he dies..

[ColoradoTJ]

I wonder if there is a GoFundMe page for the law abiding citizen that took down "John Doe?" I would donate for his cause, maybe get him some more ammo or something.

[HoneyBadger]

I am still leery of his decision to follow the guy out. His wife being on the way there very well could be reasonable and justified, but my initial gut feeling was that it almost seems like a bit of a stretch for legal and moral justification. It obviously depends on the specifics of the scenario. Maybe his wife was in the parking lot. [Dunno]

I do agree that not engaging the guy inside the restaurant was probably a good call. The perp probably wasn't too interested in murdering anybody that night - just looking for a quick grab and go with no resistance.

[wctriumph]

I'm sorry, impossible. I saw it on the internet on Facebook: There has never been a single instance where a good guy with a gun stopped a bad guy with a gun. So this is a made up story.

[GilpinGuy]

I am still leery of his decision to follow the guy out. His wife being on the way there very well could be reasonable and justified, but my initial gut feeling was that it almost seems like a bit of a stretch for legal and moral justification. It obviously depends on the specifics of the scenario. Maybe his wife was in the parking lot. [Dunno]

I do agree that not engaging the guy inside the restaurant was probably a good call. The perp probably wasn't too interested in murdering anybody that night - just looking for a quick grab and go with no resistance.

Probably. This can really be a tough call. If the bad guy started blasting folks as he was walking out some of us would be saying "why didn't the good guy with a gun blast him earlier?!?"

But maybe he couldn't whip out his gun without the bad guy seeing him doing it, which would be a bad move too.