Friday, January 27, 2012

Don't Try to Rob a Waffle House in Spartanburg, SC

I don't want to make too much of a generalization here, but I'm going to anyway. If you don't like it, start your own blog. There are different kinds of people out there.

I'm thinking about the differences between people who go to...say an expensive French restaurant and a Waffle House.

The folks who go to an expensive French restaurant are probably likely to be wealthy, have lived a mostly insulated life, like to go to the symphony, and are members of the local country club. They are not very likely to be carrying concealed weapons because they have lived mostly insulated lives, and are content to call the authorities from their iPhone when needed.

The folks who go to a Waffle House are probably likely to be people who have been working all day at the factory/shop, or doing some other sort of actual labor. They don't put up with much crap, since their boss has probably been riding them all day, and they just want to eat their food without having to pay very much for "atmosphere". They're likely to have a bit of an "independent" streak.

Accordingly, if I'm going to rob a restaurant, I'm probably not going to rob a place where there are some Alpha-Males hanging out. However, someone hadn't done the proper analysis.
A Roebuck man - less than two hours into his 19th birthday - entered the Waffle House on Chesnee Highway with a gun and attempted to rob the restaurant before a customer fired his weapon, killing the teen, authorities said Saturday.
 A customer, who is a concealed weapons permit holder, thwarted the robbery by pulling his gun and attempting to hold the men until deputies arrived. When one of the men pointed his gun at the customer, the patron fired, killing the teenager.
 As you can see, the CWP holder, was probably just sitting there, eating his hash-browns when some punk kid rolls up to the Waffle House and tries to rob the place. It sounds like the CWP holder, rather than just blasting the would-be robber, simply attempted to hold the guy there. Unfortunately for would-be robber, the CWP holder didn't want to die. If you're holding a gun on a bad guy, and he turns his gun to bear at you, it's pretty much game over for someone.

Moral of the story: Don't rob places. However, if you have to rob a place, don't do it in Spartanburg, SC. The good guys are everywhere, and the local sheriff encourages the good guys to carry.

Alternate moral of the story, per the Spartanburg Sheriff:“The way you get shot by a concealed weapons permit holder is you point a gun at him,”

2 comments:

  1. an interesting thing about this is that initially the CWP chap got into the thing through South Carolina's alter ego rule - he stood in the shoes of the waffle house employee - but then when the miscreant turned his weapon upon the CWP holder - the CWP holder was defending himself-

    THe CWP holder had no duty to warn the goblin initially but apparently did not want to shoot him - and arguably he gave away a significant tactical advantage by warning the two goblins - had both goblins tried to duel it out with him we might have had a less harmonious outcome.

    It is well it turned out as it did - the CWP holder should get a medal.

    Were I Waffle House, I would give him free hashbrowns for life.

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  2. there is an important lesson here as well - had the Waffle House been one of those places which sells alcohol for consumption on the premises - then the Concealed Weapon Permit holder could not have carried his weapon in there - and then where would everyone be? - at mercy of those nice fellows who were holding everyone at gunpoint

    we need to change the law so that a CWP holder can carry into a place which serves alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises - like the revised Starbucks

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