Would-Be Robber Runs When Victim Pulls Gun (Columbus, Ohio)

[shadowrider]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A simple stop at an ATM ended when a local man pulled a gun on a would-be robber.

It occurred around 1 a.m. Tuesday at the Fifth Third bank at 1500 Morse Road, 10TV's Kevin Landers reported.

Erick Tehoke said he was sitting in his SUV with the window down, when the suspect walked up and told him to hand over all of his money.

Tehoke, a concealed carry weapons permit holder of three months, reached for his gun. The suspect ran.

"I have never had to pull my gun, ever," said Tehoke.

He credits his security guard training for not shooting the man. He said the suspect did not appear to have a weapon.

"I did not see anything that looked like a knife or looked like a gun it was just an instant reaction and I pulled my weapon," said Tehoke.

Police do not have any suspects.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2010/03/17/story_atm_vigilante.html?sid=102

You gotta love it. Story_atm_vigilante Maybe the guy at the ATM should have just handed everything over, then called the police IF the bad guy didn't harm him beforehand. At least then he wouldn't have been branded a "vigilante".

[jody]

1. When attacked by a criminal and seconds count, police or only minutes or hours away. n/t

[shadowrider]

2. Bears repeating over and over and over

[The_Commonist]

3. And that's all you ever seem to do around here...

...is repeat it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and...

[shadowrider]

4. Until it sinks in with everyone

I'll continue to do it too.

[GreenStormCloud]

20. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.

There. The same thing is now said in a different way. Happy now?

[Dappleganger]

12. You must live in Jacksonville.

Because that's pretty much our mantra around here. Except you're lucky to get a cop, they've decided to cut their force back and fill in more community service officer positions.

[SteveM]

5. Self-defense. It's what's for dinner.

[armueller2001]

6. Taking personal responsibility for

one's own security and the security of their family. Much better than relying on someone else.

[jody]

7. Self-defense, the real First-Responder. n/t

[slackmaster]

8. The robber was emboldened by the gun to become a sprinter!

The motivational power of guns - Simply amazing!

[shadowrider]

9. -- SNORT --

You owe me a keyboard

[jeepnstein]

10. Gun love enables physical fitness.

[Glassunion]

14. And...

The benefits of good bladder control.

[Katya Mullethov]

15. Survival rule # 1------- CARDIO !

[Glassunion]

17. Rule #2 Beware of bathrooms...

#4: The Doubletap

but my favorite...
#14: Always carry a change of underwear

[dashrif]

11. thats

rich :rofl:

[Glassunion]

13. WTF!?

The URL "Story_atm_vigilante" that the OP pointed out.

I know that the story does not reflect that the individual was a vigilante. But perhaps their web guy needs to brush up on his vocabulary.

[shadowrider]

16. I'm of the opinion

The person who assigned the name to the link is expressing, covertly, their attitude toward guns.

[Glassunion]

18. Or their deep seeded hatred for

the English language and it's vocabulary.

I do understand the hate for our language though. I mean come on! Trunk, trunk, trunk, trunk and trunk. We could not come up with 5 individual words, we had to label 5 distinctive things with the same word.

[shadowrider]

19. Check this out

CCW holder interrupts a robbery at a Super 8 Motel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AA_dgRdDhk&feature=PlayList&p=E85EDF34BEDB192A&index=0&playnext=1

The bad guy was hit all 3 times.

Edited for better link. You have to stop the tape to be able to read the little thingys that pop up.