http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/aldi-customer-wont-be-charged-in-shooting-sk42et0-138688529.html
Cliffnotes version:
Hero guy was shopping at Aldi in Milwaukee was waiting in line to check out when a thug enters the store and held up the clerk with a sawed-off shotgun. Hero guy pulls his handgun out, thug points shotgun at him, hero guy fires 7 shots at thug, hits him 2x, once in the leg, another in the forehead. Thug drops gun/money, runs out, gets arrested later. Shotgun later turns out to be completely empty, and thug had robbed 2 other places prior to this one.
The store supposedly had a sign that said "no concealed weapons" in it, but it wasn't in a visible area, or else the hero guy wouldn't of shopped there (his words).
Wisconsin also just recently passed a concealed-carry law, and hero guy was licensed to carry one.
Also, the hero guy wasn't a white, gun-toting redneck, he was a black Muslim (who had some criminal activity in his earlier years but since shaped up).
DA won't press charges on him despite the store having the hard-to-find "no concealed carry" sign in front. Store likely won't either (I mean come on, dude stopped a crook, who could've easily killed lots of other people).
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So, what's your opinion? Is the guy a hero, or is he just a gun nut who was endangering the safety of everyone by firing at a crook and stopping a potentially worse situation? The comments are pretty interesting to read, and sounds a lot like what you all have said, both pro and con. And it's funny how the anti-gun people don't mention the crook ignoring the sign as well, and not saying anything about if he had shells and fired it on innocent people.
"Criminals love gun control laws; it makes their job easier." - Not sure who said it, but it makes sense, especially here. Wonder how this would've turned out had hero guy not of had a gun on him at the time...
