"Clerk with concealed gun permit shoots 2 robbers at cellphone store"

[DonP]

Second story in the Tribune in a week where citizens did what we've been told by our dear friend Shannon Watts and others never happens. And in both cases the criminals already had their guns in hand.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-robbers-shot-cell-phone-store-20160113-story.html

"An employee at a Far South Side cellphone retailer shot two would-be robbers late Wednesday morning, at least the second time in a week a worker has shot two robbery suspects at a Chicago business, according to police and store officials.

Two men drew handguns as they entered a cell phone store, 2051 E. 95th St., in the Calumet Heights neighborhood around 11 a.m., prompting one of the workers at the store to take out his own firearm and shoot them, according to an account from employees given to Neil Tadros, who identified himself as the district manager for T-Mobile.

The employee shot both of the suspects, but they fled the store, got in a car and drove themselves to the hospital, Tadros said. At the time the suspects brandished weapons, employees acted, “Pretty much to protect themselves when guns are drawn at them. Thank God for concealed carry” Tadros said.

The men, ages 24 and 35, walked into South Shore Hospital and were transferred in serious condition to Stroger Hospital, police said. The 35-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm and groin, and the 24-year-old man was shot in the left arm and abdomen, police said."

Now I guess we wait for the "equivalency counter stories", where a criminal did something with a gun, so it's all equal. To some people there's just no difference between self defense and a crime.

Here's the other story from earlier this week.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-liquor-store-robbery-clerk-no-charges-20160111-story.html