Another reason why I got my CHL...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:59 pm
Besides being able to protect my family.
First off, a little back ground of what I do. I work in the telecomm industry, specifically with cell phones. My daily activity consists of visits to mom & pop cell phone stores all across the metroplex in both nice and not so nice areas.
This afternoon I spoke with a store owner that I have worked with for over 5 years and he told me he has decided to sell off one of his stores. Over the past year or so, this store has been broken into a couple times at night just like many other stores around the metroplex. This past Thursday, October 11, he was robbed at gun point shortly after he arrived to open the store.
He told me that a man walked into the store with a gun drawn threatening him and ordered him into the back room. The robber then tied him up and took all of the money ($800) from the register. He is still shaken up from this incedent and has left him a bit traumatized.
After he told me about this event, I immediately started thinking about what I would do had I been in the store at that time. I guess it would be hard to competely analize without seeing exactly how things went down. Would I have had an opportunity to get a shot in without endangering another person? Do I wait until the suspect tries to force me into another room? Do I just stay calm and hope he takes what he wants without hurting anyone?
How would you guys have reacted in this type of situation? The robber was just there for the money, but you have no idea what is on his mind and how easily he could decide to pull the trigger. One of these days there is a chance I could encounter a similar situation while making a store visit.
A few weeks ago a similar event happened at another store I cover in Oak Cliff that was on the news.
Oak Cliff Robbery Video
First off, a little back ground of what I do. I work in the telecomm industry, specifically with cell phones. My daily activity consists of visits to mom & pop cell phone stores all across the metroplex in both nice and not so nice areas.
This afternoon I spoke with a store owner that I have worked with for over 5 years and he told me he has decided to sell off one of his stores. Over the past year or so, this store has been broken into a couple times at night just like many other stores around the metroplex. This past Thursday, October 11, he was robbed at gun point shortly after he arrived to open the store.
He told me that a man walked into the store with a gun drawn threatening him and ordered him into the back room. The robber then tied him up and took all of the money ($800) from the register. He is still shaken up from this incedent and has left him a bit traumatized.
After he told me about this event, I immediately started thinking about what I would do had I been in the store at that time. I guess it would be hard to competely analize without seeing exactly how things went down. Would I have had an opportunity to get a shot in without endangering another person? Do I wait until the suspect tries to force me into another room? Do I just stay calm and hope he takes what he wants without hurting anyone?
How would you guys have reacted in this type of situation? The robber was just there for the money, but you have no idea what is on his mind and how easily he could decide to pull the trigger. One of these days there is a chance I could encounter a similar situation while making a store visit.
A few weeks ago a similar event happened at another store I cover in Oak Cliff that was on the news.
Oak Cliff Robbery Video