Customer Shoots Robbery Suspect at Waffle House

Sad for his family, maybe- but if he didn't have any better sense than to knock over a Waffle House, death is what he earned by his actions. Hopefully, he didn't breed before he died. Kudos to the armed customer!

It's just too bad that the other robber got away. When he's caught, the taxpayers will be forced to support him. I hope he doesn't commit any other crimes before he is caught.

An armed population has its upside, and yup, it CAN turn out this way. I feel no sympathy whatever for the dead cretin, but the one catching the shell could be the ten year old in the far booth. A similar occurrence happened at a local reatarurant, and the gunplay went out into the street. It's good to remember that real life isn't like shooting a scene in a movie; whatever goes wrong, stays wrong.

but the one catching the shell could be the ten year old in the far booth.

That certainly could happen Davy. It could also happen if it were a plainclothes police officer doing the shooting or the robber could have done so without any intervention at all. That's the price that is sometimes paid when you have armed robbers and other such violent people in your society. Sometimes the cost of stopping such predators is the death of an innocent person, even a child. While it's regrettable, the cost of not stopping such predators is much higher since they will go on to commit more crimes and will likely cause other deaths among innocent people.

I was too quick. The word above is "restaurant".

The officer has training, and always the goal of keeping it from happening. The cretins have only the goal of getting away, or killing the cop; if a child gets it, TS...

The officer has training, and always the goal of keeping it from happening

CCW carriers also have training, in some departments, as much as the officers (surprising isn't it, but I've been both and can assure you that it's true). The larger departments do firearms training of their officers very well; the smaller ones, not so much. From what I've read of the incident, the bystander handled it exactly the way any police officer would have done it. He held the suspect at gunpoint without firing until the robber made a hostile move with his weapon. He then kept his head and did not fire at the fleeing suspect, just as he had been trained.

As I said, it did turn out well this time. What I said about the gunfire going out into the street during a restaurant holdup is true; one has split seconds to decide what action is proper. Not surprisingly, I don't believe you or I would nod in agreement if our children or grandchildren were the price some people decide it was necessary to pay, in controlling lawlessness. I'm trying to feel better about more people and more weapons, but...

The larger departments do firearms training of their officers very well; the smaller ones, not so much.

Yes, I was VERY surprised to see at the range used by the police back home: holes in the tables, holes above where you stand while shooting, and holes in the walls close enough to touch from behind the line.

Now, I'm no master with a pistol, but nobody standing beside me is ever in danger of being accidentally shot.