C-bus Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 (edited) Always wanted to do a "Wow, just wow" thread.http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/autozone-fires-worker-who-stopped-robbery.html Ok....fox news...blah blah...Nutshell.... 23 year old vet working at autozone is held up at gunpoint with his manager. Ordered to a back room. Escapes. Grabs gun from truck. Returns to rescue his boss. Panty waste runs away like a scared little girl. Vet saves the day. Cops hail him as hero. Autozone fires him due to zero tolerance gun policy. Edited December 5, 2012 by C-bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 My company would do the same thing. If they even knew I kept a firearm I'm my truck I would be canned. "company policy" BS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DAIVI PAI2K5 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I pitched a bitch on their corp. facebook page a couple days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-bus Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Insurance companies are the devil. I wouldn't feel terribly sorry for this veteran. I doubt he'll have trouble finding work after this incident. Probably the best thing he could do for his career' date=' honestly.[/quote']You're absolutely correct. I'd hire him in a heartbeat.I'm not on here calling for a hysterical boycott. It's just sad to me that this is where we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Skipping autozone from now on. I should turn in my rewards card with one of them I choose to shop elsewhere due to your policy ccw cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CephasGT Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Didn't something very similar happen at a fast food joint not too long ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motozachl Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Autozone fired him because he's too good for them. They only hire know nothing delinquents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 My company would do the same thing. If they even knew I kept a firearm I'm my truck I would be canned. "company policy" BSI hope no one from your company browses the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Originally insurance companies was the excuse when ccw first came out. Insurance excuse is crap now. It's a decision by the higher ups. To each his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Bullshit policy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Insurance companies are the devil. I wouldn't feel terribly sorry for this veteran. I doubt he'll have trouble finding work after this incident. Probably the best thing he could do for his career' date=' honestly.[/quote']Yup, and I consider a vehicle to be the owners property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsvRidr Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Should have 'thrown some elbows' and he'd still have his job...I like O'Reilly's better anyway,this just confirmed it:nono: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 My company would do the same thing. If they even knew I kept a firearm I'm my truck I would be canned. "company policy" BSActually, I believe they can not do anything about that, as the vehicle is personal property along with everything in it. I know when I took my course, I was still in college and was told as long as the gun was in the truck it was still legal. ? I've also been told that as long as the weapon doesn't leave the vehicle it's legal by the local sherrif back home. Is this incorrect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 It sucks that they did this but I'm sure he was aware of the policy and just like anything else you shouldn't break the rules if you can't accept the consequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Actually, I believe they can not do anything about that, as the vehicle is personal property along with everything in it. I know when I took my course, I was still in college and was told as long as the gun was in the truck it was still legal. ? I've also been told that as long as the weapon doesn't leave the vehicle it's legal by the local sherrif back home. Is this incorrect?There was a bill in the works that would make it illegal for companies to forbid employees from leaving gun in their car but I'm not sure if it has passed yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Didn't something very similar happen at a fast food joint not too long ago? Happened at a Kroger recently. Guy was pretty much forced to resign: http://www.theindychannel.com/news/kroger-manager-resigns-in-wake-of-fatal-shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 The world has gone retarded. Hopefully this translates into something better than a shitty minimum-wage retail job for the guy. He deserves better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CephasGT Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Happened at a Kroger recently. Guy was pretty much forced to resign: http://www.theindychannel.com/news/kroger-manager-resigns-in-wake-of-fatal-shootingNot the one I was thinking of, but still shitty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiomike Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 It's about 'liability' and how, once again I say, our society today has become 'sue happy'. Its horsechit, but its the 'New America'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOoTeR Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 The world has gone retarded. Hopefully this translates into something better than a shitty minimum-wage retail job for the guy. He deserves better.Sad thing is it probably won't. I worked with a guy when I worked for the state who saved his neighbors kid from a fire. He had wanted to be a firefighter but he couldn't get hired on for whatever reason although he had no problem with the physical test. Basically affirmative action was kicking his butt. One night he heard his "pill head neighbor" screaming. He went outside saw her house was on fire. She was screaming that her baby was inside. He ran in in his gym shorts and t-shirt while the place was burning and got the kid out. He got some kind of reward from the Columbus fire department and they honored him at some dinner. He met a lot of hire ups with the fire department and fire marshals and he asked if they could help get him hired on. They all said yes took his number and shook his hand. He never heard back from them and is still working as a corrections officer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOoTeR Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 It's about 'liability' and how, once again I say, our society today has become 'sue happy'. Its horsechit, but its the 'New America'.The world around us keeps getting more and more violent but we as a nation are getting weaker and weaker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsuMj Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 We have a no gun policy at OSU too - not even allowed to keep it in our cars, which leaves everyone completely defenseless all the time, even on their way home, which as I understand is an OSU rule that is against Ohio law. There's a group that is preparing to sue OSU over it right now too, because their rule basically says 'I don't care what ohio law is, this is our rule" .... I haven't educated myself on the topic yet, but here's their fb page if anyone is interested: Students for CCW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 We have a no gun policy at OSU too - not even allowed to keep it in our cars, which leaves everyone completely defenseless all the time, even on their way home, which as I understand is an OSU rule that is against Ohio law. There's a group that is preparing to sue OSU over it right now too, because their rule basically says 'I don't care what ohio law is, this is our rule" .... I haven't educated myself on the topic yet, but here's their fb page if anyone is interested: Students for CCWYeah see that was what I thought I was told. Basically schools, companies will make this law, but in the end, it's actualyl against the OH law, which should trump it in court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 The world around us keeps getting more and more violent but we as a nation are getting weaker and weaker.Because the leaders are flexing and need a reality check. This happens when one whining persons voice is acted upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Autozone would rather loose their days cash income at that branch and get little ( if any ) press over it?When instead, they've chosen to initiate a negative media explosion over their pisspoor decision to fire an employee who put his life on the line to defend his boss, and the company's interests, over some dumbass company gun policy? I am not in autoparts management, nor do I know all the in's/out's of those jobs.....but I can see the huge fail in this.....Damn....There are other ways around what happened rather than worrying over an employee getting away with breaking a rule and keeping his job at a shitty parts dump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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