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Company Fires Employee For Fending Off Armed Robber with Gun

Terry1134 Wrote: Dec 06, 2012 9:40 AM

dweimaraner is a dolt as are the corporations who insist on the "give them what they want" policy. That only encourages criminals to prey on those establishments as they know they are in no danger. Just because a bunch of retail chains have the policy doesn't make it right. Have they never heard of the common practice of gunwielding robbers executing all of the employees either for the fun of it or to prevent identification. Give me the person with the guts to stand up to these slimeballs properly armed anyday.

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Company Fires Employee For Fending Off Armed Robber with Gun

When an armed robber entered a Virginia AutoZone store demanding that the manager unlock the store’s safe, employee and Air Force veteran Devin McClean snuck out of the store to grab his legally-owned gun from his vehicle. When he returned with his weapon, he was able to scare the robber away, thereby saving his manager’s life and the company $2,000. How was McClean rewarded for carrying out such a heroic act? Because he violated company policy by bringing a personal weapon into the store-- he was fired. The Blaze has more: