Armed Bank President Catches Robber
TROY, MO. bull; Maybe the bank robber couldn #39;t see very well through the holes in his mask mdash; the face of Chucky from the \"Child #39;s Play\" horror movies mdash; as he walked into Peoples Bank Trust Tuesday afternoon. After all, it says right on the door that concealed weapons are allowed in the bank. They #39;re practically encouraged by the sign: \"Management recognizes the Second Amendment to the US Constitution as an unalienable right of all citizens.\" So when the robber walked out of the bank a short time later with a red bank bag full of cash, maybe he shouldn #39;t have been surprised that bank president David W. Thompson followed him out to the parking lot. Thompson watched the masked robber get in a Ford pickup parked in a handicapped spot up front, then pulled his Colt .380 handgun and pointed it at the man. \"Sir, get out of the truck,\" Thompson, 58, recalled demanding. \"You #39;re not going anywhere.\" And when the man put his hand in his jacket pocket, as if he had a weapon, Thompson scolded him again. \"You don #39;t want to go there,\" Thompson said. \"This will end badly.\" Fortunately the robber listened. It turned out the man had no weapon of his own. Thompson and another bank official who also carries his own weapon pulled the man from the truck and held him at gunpoint until police arrived. \"I didn #39;t have time to get scared,\" said Thompson, a life member of the National Rifle Association who supports concealed-carry laws. \"I was excited. Your adrenaline pumps. He robbed a bank, he ...From:Humour4NunViews:216 0ratingsTime:01:32More inNews Politics<\/p>\n
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