Wounded IHOP Employee Pulls Gun, Kills suspect after employee killed

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Huntsville was the closest thing I ever had to a hometown (I was an Army brat so we moved around a lot...) and I still have family there that I visit every now and then. Sorry to hear about this incident - but glad to hear that someone was able to defend themselves... That town is a great place to raise a family with lots of jobs available and many, many great neighborhoods. I must admit that all those years when I was a teenager (the sixties...) this kind of thing wouldn't even have been seen in a movie....

What kind of world are we in when a "customer" decides to get his gun and shoot employees at a restaurant?
 
People like the shooter have mental problems. Anger and emotional problems, The employ fixed the shooters problems, but unfortunately some one else had to die.
 
I am glad one employee was armed and was able to stop the bad guy before he killed more, perhaps everyone in the restaurant. It is most unfortunate the father died.

What I am curious to know, is whether it is against IHOP policy for employees to carry at work. If so, the surviving employee will likely be fired by IHOP.
 
In general, businesses don't allow carry for liability concerns. Here's the points that I discern from my reading of the business and legal discussions of this:

1. The business does not have responsibility to protect you from criminals. Unless there is a threat that is specific to their business and they know about it, they are not responsible if a crook or nut wanders in.
2. They are told that their liability increases if they allow an employee of unknown skill and ability (meaning someone that they have not designated as security) to carry and said employee:
a. Shoots an innocent by accident (playing with the gun)
b. In a critical incident, misses the BG and shoot you.
c. Misinterprets and an incident or over reacts and shoots someone. For example, shoots the BG, who falls down and then the employee goes the Mad Pharmacist head shot.

They also might have ideological objections to carrying firearms.
 
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