Atlanta Man Pistol-Whipped by a Store Employee for Not Wearing a Mask

[mikeyp]

Atlanta Man Pistol-Whipped by a Store Employee for Not Wearing a Mask - The Truth About Guns

&#9664Previous Post Next Post▶ This one was impossible to pass by: some guy working at a Family Dollar store in Atlanta, Georgia apparently felt it was a good idea to use his firearm as a bludgeon when a customer came into the store without a mask. Do I even have to spell out what a […]

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This one was impossible to pass by: some guy working at a Family Dollar store in Atlanta, Georgia apparently felt it was a good idea to use his firearm as a bludgeon when a customer came into the store without a mask. Do I even have to spell out what a terrible idea this is, regardless of the alleged offense?

Fox5Atlanta reported:

Kourtland Perry said he’s lucky to be alive after a store employee attacked him for not wearing a mask.
Perry told FOX 5 he stopped at the store on his way to work and forgot to put on his mask before entering the business. A male employee confronted Perry for not wearing the face covering.
Perry said, “He referred to the policy at the front. He said, ‘You have to have a mask,’ and I was trying to explain to him, I said ‘Yeah, I’m sorry I kind of forgot it in the midst of me rushing to work. I apologize.'”

Apparently the employee then followed Perry to the checkout, berating him for not wearing a mask. Perry said the store manager got involved in an attempt to de-escalate things but the irate employee refused to back down. Big time.

“In the midst of me leaving, this gentleman reaches into his waistband, grabbed a gun, and hit me in the back of my head with it,” said Perry.
Perry said the man pushed him out of the store after striking him, got in his car, and drove off.

I’m not sure I’d call him a gentleman, but nice of you to try to be polite, Mr. Perry.

Here we get to the point of this post: behavior like this gives every gun owner out there a bad name and only serves to further the gun control industry’s agenda:

“I’m very concerned that this is going on because no one knew he had a weapon but him. He could’ve killed me, he could’ve killed an employee, he could’ve killed a child. This is alarming to me that this could happen,” Perry said.

Perry isn’t wrong, either, not technically. Someone concealing a firearm – legally or illegally, who knows – felt using said firearm as a bludgeon to literally hammer their point home was an acceptable behavior.

We do know Family Dollar doesn’t want employees carrying guns. In the Family Dollar Store Code of Business Conduct which is given to employees it states:

As set forth in the Company’s policy on “Weapons on Company Property,” no
weapons of any type are permitted on Company property. Further, as set forth in the
Company’s policy on “Workplace Violence Policy and Prevention,” Family Dollar has a
zero tolerance policy on violence in the workplace.

Guns aren’t meant to be used as tools of persuasion, ways to punctuate an opinion, or as a means of getting your way. Carrying a gun should not empower you to be a bully, either. In fact, quite the opposite: if you’re going to carry a gun for self-defense you must be more aware of your actions and behavior and far more invested in acting in a calm, clear-headed manner.

Carrying a gun is a major responsibility and not something that should ever be taken lightly. Guns aren’t tools for bravado or swagger, they’re for defending your life against a legitimate threat to taking your next breath.

I’ll be interested to see what Family Dollar does about their employee’s actions. They’ve apparently refused to comment so far. If he’d used the gun to defend himself during a robbery, he’d probably already be out of a job.

So here’s the question on this one: has the way people have been blatantly empowered to shame and badger those who don’t wear masks contributed to incidents such as these or is this simply an isolated case of a guy with a gun behaving badly?

 

[CrackPot]

Here we get to the point of this post: behavior like this gives every gun owner out there a bad name and only serves to further the gun control industry’s agenda:

NO NO NO NO NO. The behavior of a single individual in no way reflects on others that happen to share an attribute with him whether it be gun ownership, red hair, or denim jeans. NO NO NO NO NO. Do not buy in or perpetuate this crap. The moron in this story is just that, a moron. He in no way reflects on me just because I also carry a gun.

Stop watching CNN

 

[greencobra]

the lady at my local liquor store came towards me with a broom when i accidently walked in without a mask. so glad i don't live in atlanta.

 

[mikeyp]

NO NO NO NO NO. The behavior of a single individual in no way reflects on others that happen to share an attribute with him whether it be gun ownership, red hair, or denim jeans. NO NO NO NO NO. Do not buy in or perpetuate this crap. The moron in this story is just that, a moron. He in no way reflects on me just because I also carry a gun.

Stop watching CNN

that was the author, not me lol

 

[ProGun]

People are nuts, first it was Trump Derangement Syndrome, now we also have No Mask Derangement Syndrome.

 

[nutsym16]

Before you all go crazy, ask the person why they are not wearing one. There are some medical reasons for not wearing one. Like copd and others.

 

[MGnoob]

I’ve never worn a mask...management assume somone without a mask is going to cause an incedent ... in my experience it usually the other way around... people get irrate about you not wearing a mask like you pointed a firearm at them or exposed yourself.

Masks are stupid... the people i know who “mask up” have been using the same unwashed bandannas for almost a year now... gross

 

[Racenet]

the lady at my local liquor store came towards me with a broom when i accidently walked in without a mask. so glad i don't live in atlanta.

In her hands or did she fly toward you on it?

 

[mothybee]

Masks work great. Since people started wearing them no one has died of cancer, heart attacks, pneumonia, flu or old age. They seem to kinda suck for covid though.

 

[Dennis in MA]

My grandmother got hit with a bag of stale Cracker-Jacks there for not having exact change.

 

[Prepper]

My grandmother got hit with a bag of stale Cracker-Jacks there for not having exact change.

Cracker Jacks? Was the thrower 5 years old?

 

[pinefd]

the lady at my local liquor store came towards me with a broom when i accidently walked in without a mask. so glad i don't live in atlanta.

I'm sure she was probably just going to use it as a "social distancing" 6 foot measuring stick!


Frank

 

[AHM]

My grandmother got hit with a bag of stale Cracker-Jacks there for not having exact change.

Damn, that must have raised a welt!

 

[Dennis in MA]

To reply to my own post - aren’t all Cracker Jacks stale?

 

[Road_Clam]

 

[Koolmoose]

Cracker Jacks? Was the thrower 5 years old?

Hmmmm, isn’t anyone involved with Cracker Jacks at least 70 up? The young and the lefties all use Harry and David’s Moose Munch!

 

[AHM]

Hmmmm, isn’t anyone involved with Cracker Jacks at least 70 up?

 

[drgrant]

that was the author, not me lol

Lern 2 Quote while poasting

 

[AHM]

Lern 2 Quote while poasting

Lern to BBCode.

-- Joe Biden*​

 

[mikeyp]

Lern 2 Quote while poasting

meh

 

[drgrant]

meh

The original post makes you look like you authored it, though, All you had to do was this

blah blah blah! Hyperbole! blah!

other stuff

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lebanese driving tunic

 

[mikeyp]

The original post makes you look like you authored it, though, All you had to do was this

I know I was just being lazy, sheesh

 

[AHM]

I know I was just being lazy, sheesh

Worse; you expended extra energy being lazy.
(And busted a site rule to boot:

... members are no longer allowed to copy and paste complete copy written articles from any source unless you have the authors permission.
...
In short just copy and paste a paragraph of the article that you wish to share along with a few of your own comments and a link to the complete article.

I don't think anyone GAF about TTAG's copyright;
especially since the brain-trust over there
have yet to notice that it's 2021 and update their site copyright footer yet.

But if the article's worth reading, people will click through to read it).

All that grief you got for your verbatim quoting was just karmáh.