Last month in Michigan, two armed suspects entered a Walgreens pharmacy and thanks to the efforts of pharmacist Jeremey Hoven who confronted the bad guys with his gun and sent them flying, nobody was hurt. Walgreens response to Mr. Hoven’s heroic actions was to fire him on the spot. The reason why he was fired according to Walgreens is that they have great surveillance systems that make his actions unnecessary and dangerous.
However, nobody will be fired from another pharmacy robbery that happened this past Sunday but this time in Medford, a suburb of NYC where an armed criminal entered to rob prescription medication. Yes, nobody will be fired because the four unarmed employees were murdered by the suspect.
But have no fear, there is great video of the suspect. All is well in this world.
Update: Tango makes the notation that 2 employees and 2 customers were murdered.
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This should make Sarah Brady happy…
2 employees were murdered. The other 2 were customers. However, the point remains! Like I said on twitter:
What a difference 1 gun makes! DEFEND YOURSELVES, PEOPLE!
WERE THE “gunmen” aware that they were in a gun free zone—sometimes I think you people are so stupid—Hope he sue Walgreen –if not lets BOYCOTT Walgreen for firing him
I think it’s stupid that Walgreens would fire him. I guess I won’t ever shop at Walgreens because I might be killed since no one can protect me. And that’s a fact!!
I won’t shop there, either, but I’m not worried about someone ELSE having a gun to protect me. I carry my own.
Good thing they can’t fire me I guess…
I’d like to add to BobG’s comment…Sarah Brady, Joan Peterson, the BC, VPC, MAIG, and the rest of them need to mull this over.
Their actions directly contributed to these murders. They seek to stigmatize law-abiding gun owners, restrict our firearms, and thus reduce our defenses.
The criminal vermin who did this will always be able to get hold of a weapon (not necessarily a firearm), while the rest of us could be at his mercy. Decent people need to be armed to the teeth!
Perhaps we should have the “civilized and enlightened gun control advocates” put in the same room with this killer to see if they can save their own skins by offering no resistance. I bet their tune on firearms would change instantaneously.