In one of the funnier, though also no less sad stories that you’ll hear on This Week in Guns, a homeless man robbed a gun store with a knife or “a sharp object,” and was killed at the scene.

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Last Tuesday, an as-yet unidentified man had apparently gone from store to store stealing items in a strip mall to which Carter’s Country gun store was attached. 

He attempted to steal a pair of jeans at one store, before being ejected from the Suit Mart for a minor attempted theft. The suspect then went into the gun shop where he walked behind the counter, opened the register, and began stealing the money from the drawer.

It was at this point that an employee walked from the back of the store and was allegedly confronted by the suspect. The employee who is also unnamed in the story, and who later indicated that he was in fear of his life, shot the suspect once out of two reported shots fired in the incident.

The suspect then stumbled out of the store and collapsed in the parking lot. He was transported to a nearby emergency medical facility where he later died from his wounds. 

The Houston gun store is no stranger to attacks, however. In 2016, Carter’s Country was the object of a concerted burglary when a Ford F-250 pickup truck backed up to the entryway doors when men hopped out to chain the doors to the truck. At that point the truck drove forward to rip the doors from its hinges. 

Security footage of the event shows masked burglars smashing display cases and ransacking shelves. The suspects got away with more than 50 weapons in the heist. 

But they didn’t get far. Within days of the incident, police arrested all known suspects to the crime. 

The current case in Houston regarding the knife-wielding suspect is not yet finished, however. Lieutenant Larry Crowson of the Houston Police Department said the case has yet to be presented to a grand jury, where they will decide on whether or not the employee truly acted in self defense, or if the very lenient stand-your-ground laws in Texas will find that they acted in malice. 

On a personal note, anyone wielding a weapon of any kind who has a clear intention of doing harm, absolutely deserves to be shot. Arm yourselves, people. These are strange times.

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