News, Georgia restaurant employee shoots customer who tried to skip out on bill. (death, how much)

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by WaldoKitty

Depends upon what happened in that parking lot. If the employee was attacked by the bill skipper, he has a right to defend himself.

Didn't read the story, did you?

[JAMS14]

Originally Posted by Clarallel

This is a perfect illustration of my personal realization of why we should have far, far stricter gun laws: because when you lose your temper, your rage can lead you to do stupid things.

This. A thousand times, this. Guns are too easy to grab in the heat of the moment when people are not thinking rationally. And this is the inevitable result. More guns just means more people reaching for them in moments of irrationality, and more dead people over something worth less than a fin.

Only in America do we think this is acceptable.

[snebarekim]

Originally Posted by Hellion1999

Can We wait for the details? Always people jump to a conclusion. It happens everytime somebody gets shot.

NO!

Details do not matter! You must now demand the complete banning of guns!

[Eumaois]

Person A: How was the food at the Chinese restaurant?
Person B: It was to die for.

[J746NEW]

Originally Posted by WaldoKitty

Depends upon what happened in that parking lot. If the employee was attacked by the bill skipper, he has a right to defend himself.

It was not defense if he was able to walk away to retrieve his gun.
He will be meeting bubba soon.

[lilyflower3191981]

Originally Posted by Eumaois

Person A: How was the food at the Chinese restaurant?
Person B: It was to die for.

lol quick witted posters like you should always be appreciated, especially for a forum like this.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by J746NEW

It was not defense if he was able to walk away to retrieve his gun.
He will be meeting bubba soon.

Going to get your gun does not fit with the self defense angle.

Then he shot a coworker as well. Was he in danger from the coworker as well?

[JAMS14]

Originally Posted by snebarekim

NO!

Details do not matter! You must now demand the complete banning of guns!

The guy ran back into the restaurant and came back with a gun. At that point, there's really nothing more that needs to be said.

But we must not infringe on this man's right to draw his gun to stop the perpetrator of a stolen $4.99 Chinese meal. We're all so much safer because he has this right.

[J746NEW]

Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould

Going to get your gun does not fit with the self defense angle.

Then he shot a coworker as well. Was he in danger from the coworker as well?

The article does not say why.
It does not look good for the shooter.


Chen has been charged with aggravated assault. The customer he shot is in critical condition and the injured employee is in stable condition.

The restaurant was closed Thursday.

[PuppiesandKittens]

Originally Posted by Clarallel

This is a perfect illustration of my personal realization of why we should have far, far stricter gun laws: because when you lose your temper, your rage can lead you to do stupid things.

In my view, it's a perfect illustration of why laws need to be enforced: what the customer did was fraud and theft, but probably nothing would happen to the thief if the restaurant called the police, even though anyone who steals a meal probably has done a lot more bad things than just that. We need a lot more police and a lot more judges who enforce the law and crack down on such thieves. Theft needs punishment, period, but our current criminal law system does not necessarily punish theft. The poor restaurant employee should not have been forced to take the law into his own hands in order to crack down on theft.