RW & PO, wait till you hear this gun story!

Margies3 · #1 08-20-2013, 08:34 PM

A group of us went out to supper tonight and one of the guys in our group told us a story about what he experienced on Sunday. He took his little kids to go to Soak City in Sandusky, Ohio (connected to Cedar Point). On the way there, he decided to stop at the WalMart and buy his daughter a life vest to wear in the pool.

He said that he headed to the back of the store to the Sporting Goods area. He found the aisle with the life jackets and was looking at them when he heard a "BAM!!" sound. He looked around the corner and there stood the store clerk showing a hand gun to 2 men. He had the handgun and the ammo both in his hands. Dave said he watched then as the clerk handed the gun and ammo to these two men and then turned and walked away. The men looked the gun over carefully, inserting more ammo into it and then taking them back out. Then the clerk came back and they handed it all back to him.

At that point, Dave just wanted to get his kids out of the store - or at least out of that area! He wormed his way around and finally got out of there. He went to the front of the store and insisted that they call the store manager and let him talk to her. He told her what he had witnessed and she asked him to stay there until she could get there. He said she was there in less than 5 minutes and came in with the police (several officers) right on her heels. They asked him to point out which clerk it was and which customers. He was able to do that and they were all arrested right on the spot.

The store manager called him today to keep him updated. He will need to go to court to testify. She said they watched the video and listened to it and everything he had told them was confirmed by the tapes. The clerk is in custody currently, not out on bail at this point. And has lost his job. The investigation is continuing on the two men.

Pretty wild, eh??!! I'm not down on guns. But this situation was certainly scary!

RandyWayne · #2 08-20-2013, 08:36 PM

Sounds like a nut job clerk and a couple of drunk customers.

They are just lucky that some legal carrying customers weren't around when this happened!

Pressing-On · #3 08-20-2013, 09:25 PM

The Clerk gave the customers a gun AND ammo? WUT?! How old was the clerk?

My husband just purchased another .22 at Walmart a couple of weeks ago since they were on sale. He didn't have a .22 semi-automatic. Anyway, this Vietnam Vet was stocking up on more ammo. The guy has got to have tons and buys more and more.

I'll have to tell my husband this story and see what he says about it.

Margies3 · #4 08-20-2013, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Sounds like a nut job clerk and a couple of drunk customers.

They are just lucky that some legal carrying customers weren't around when this happened!

My friend is usually a legal gun carrier. But because they were headed to the waterpark, he had left his at home. He said that the clerk was very lucky that that was the case. He was terrified for his kids!!

CC1 · #5 08-20-2013, 11:36 PM

I am assuming the "BAM" sound was a slide because if it was a shot he would not have needed to go find a manager.

Margies3 · #6 08-21-2013, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by CC1

I am assuming the "BAM" sound was a slide because if it was a shot he would not have needed to go find a manager.

no, actually CC1, it was a gun shot. I asked why no one else turned this in as well. Dave said the only thing he could figure was that it might be because this was in the very back corner of the store and there was no one else even anywhere near. But still? But the store video tapes prove him right, so I can't argue with him. In fact, the video tapes are large part of the evidence that they have against this store clerk.