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Tejas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:43 PM
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Criminal with knife, does Best Buy allow CCW?
Best wishes to Cpl Duggan for a speedy recovery!
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:45 PM
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1. Yeah, that's what happens when you stab a Marine. nt
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RSillsbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:46 PM
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2. Injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell...... after stabbing the Marine
Yeah right. OOOORAH!!!!
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 01:00 PM
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8. I wonder how many times the Marines put him back up on the curb?
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 01:00 PM
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9. They must have some really high curbs in Georgia
Is this genuine? I'm a bit skeptical that a police report would really contain something so transparent...
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GreenStormCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 03:49 PM
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23. The police took the Marines testimony.
That was their story and they stuck to it.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:47 PM
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3. If Best Buy does allow CCW, I will stop shopping there.
This was handled well without guns -- there could have been worse injuries, even deaths, had some idiot started shooting.

And think of the poor perpetrator who got so injured when he "stepped off the curb." Gotta be careful with curbs when assaulting marines. ;-)
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 01:12 PM
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10. If they don't, I and others will stop shopping there
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X_Digger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 01:52 PM
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13. You need to cross it off your list, then.
Also Conn's, Fry's, Discount Warehouse.. hell, I haven't seen an electronics store in Texas with a 30.06 sign.

Looks like you're never setting foot in another electronic store here.

Here you go- you can search here and any place listed there is on your 'approved' list-

http://texas3006.com/
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Bold Lib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 08:32 PM
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34. And WalMart. They have a sign that says the Illegal carrying of firearms
is prohibited on their premises. Nothing about legal carrying not being allowed.
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David West Donating Member (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 02:12 PM
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16. I open carry at the best buy here all the time.
Never had any problems with it. In all my experiences with best buy they are very gun friendly.
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Oneka Donating Member (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 07:26 PM
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40. Indeed they are.
Where I live in Minnesota,where Best Buy is headquartered,
They have no problem with carry,concealed or otherwise.
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Hangingon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 02:48 PM
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17. That is just what you should do,
Back up you convictions. No matter what it costs you or how inconvenient. As for me, I think I will look to see how Best Buy handles CHLs.
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 03:22 PM
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19. There are concealed carriers just about everyhwere you. You just don't know it.
How many places actually use metal detectors besides courts and airports?
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rl6214 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 04:25 PM
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28. There could have been injuries or death
had it been civilians outside and not marines.

I think if Best Buy doesn't allow CCW I will stop shopping there .
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PavePusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 10:06 PM
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35. They allow both CCW and open carry.
I've done both there many times.

Good luck with your shopping....
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cleanhippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:18 AM
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38. How would anyone KNOW who is carrying concealed?
And how would it affect your consumer experience?
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:48 PM
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4. only your subjectline ties this to guns? is there some sort of agenda?
I rec'd it because it was interesting but, really do not think this belongs in the guns forum . . .

:shrug:
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Tejas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:58 PM
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5. Not every Best Buy has Marines out front.
I plan to CCW and the thought (or apparently the actual occurence) of some animal with a knife in Best Buy got my attention, therefore I asked if Best Buy allows CCW.

Do you know the answer about BB/CCW or just being a stick in the mud?

No, I will not call as I don't need a canned answer from some manager up to his neck in refunds.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 02:02 PM
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15. never mind
Edited on Fri May-13-11 02:05 PM by Tuesday Afternoon
not worth it.



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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:59 PM
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7. Agree
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spin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 12:58 PM
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6. I don't remember every seeing a "no-guns" sign on a Best Buy ...
in Florida.

But very few stores post such signs in the "Gunshine" state. Florida has had "shall issue" concealed carry since 1987. It's a very successful program.

Boy, the shoplifter sure suffered a lot of injury from just falling off a curb.



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ileus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 01:14 PM
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11. I frequent two BB's here in VA and neither have a sign, If they did I wouldn't shop there.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 01:20 PM
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ileus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 02:00 PM
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14. You work at best buy?
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AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 04:01 PM
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24. Translation: Now we know how not to get your money.
Make sure you run that equation past your boss.
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rl6214 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 04:33 PM
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30. We allow guns in the gungeon
Does that mean he won't come back?
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cleanhippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:19 AM
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39. "Now we know how to get rid of you..." -- What the fuck is WRONG with you?
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gaijinlaw Donating Member (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 03:11 PM
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18. Funny story
I suspect it's bullshit.
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 03:25 PM
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20. I thought it was strange it was a photo of a newspaper and not an actual news story.
After a quick search, I can find nothing about this story.
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X_Digger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 03:27 PM
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21. Yes, I'm sure it's some jarhead's concoction to tickle the funny bone.
Give em a copy of photoshop and you never know what you'll get.
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gaijinlaw Donating Member (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 03:30 PM
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22. Yeah, but also the names
Edited on Fri May-13-11 03:31 PM by gaijinlaw
I mean, "Tyrone Jackson?" "Orville Smith?" Stereotype much? :eyes:
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AtheistCrusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 04:04 PM
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25. Suspect's name is actually Tracey Attaway.
Edited on Fri May-13-11 04:05 PM by AtheistCrusader
The litany of injuries to the suspect is also ad-libbed.
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rl6214 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 04:41 PM
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31. Aw come on, it was right before the holidays
he was just trying to do some Christmas shopping:

Attaway also tried to steal two digital cameras, an Xbox game, a PS3 game and a PS3 game controller with a combined value of $1,365.

He's gotta make a living.
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GreenStormCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 04:12 PM
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26. Here is a link to the Augusta Chronicle:
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2010-11-26/shoplifting-suspect-stabs-marine

A Marine collecting Toys for Tots donations at Augusta's Best Buy was stabbed in the back Friday while helping to subdue a shoplifting suspect.

Fellow Marines identified the injured man as Cpl. Phillip Duggan, 24, who spent part of Black Friday recuperating at Eisenhower Army Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Tracey Attaway, 39, of Waynesboro, Ga., was jailed and charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault and possession of a knife in the commission of a crime.

CONTINUED AT LINK


However, the Chronicle does not list the suspect's injuries. The Marine was very lucky. The knife just barely missed his spine.
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eqfan592 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 10:12 PM
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36. Actually, the story is true....
...up until that last bit about the attacker having all those injuries. The Marines did in fact subdue the attacker (along with a couple of Best Buy loss prevention people) but no news accounts included any injuries to the attacker.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/stabbedmarine.asp

You can read more about it at that link.
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rl6214 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 04:22 PM
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27. Get some Marines!
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Logical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 04:28 PM
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29. The injury part on the suspect was 100% made up. n-t
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ManiacJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 04:44 PM
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32. Multiple versions of the story at Snopes.com
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/stabbedmarine.asp

Funny story any way.
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PuffedMica Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-13-11 05:29 PM
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33. Any report if the curb was damaged?
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:56 AM
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37. I got a idea! Forget about hiring a Rent-A-Cop's... hire a Rent-A-Marine!
:rofl:
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Hoyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 08:38 PM
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41. How many here would have drawn their gun?
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Tejas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:58 PM
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42. If the perp tried to stab your daughter, I would draw in a heartbeat, how about you?
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Tejas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 09:11 PM
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44. *crickets*
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 09:17 PM
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46. After he drew a knife? I would have.
Back up and present the gun. If he lunges for me or a hostage, shoot until he drops. If he runs, let him go.

Spend some quality time with a counselor when it's all said and done.

:shrug:



I don't know what kind of Rambo tactics you're expecting here.
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Euromutt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 01:26 AM
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43. I appreciate the posters who linked to Snopes
Here's that link again, in case anyone missed it: http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/stabbedmarine.asp
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 09:14 PM
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45. I'm sure the Marines kept trying to kick him up on the curb...
...but he kept falling off.
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