Red Lobster Thief Foiled by Concealed-Carrier

Ah, guns. They can make the world so much more civil.

Like when a 28-year-old crook reportedly decided to enter a Red Lobster restaurant, use a gun to threaten customers and employees, and steal the cash drawer from a cash register.

Wait, that’s not the civil part.

After he took the drawer and fled out the back of the restaurant, he reportedly confronted a customer who was attempting to flee the area.

Oops.

The customer was armed with a concealed handgun. He drew his gun and fired one round. The robber, understandably shaken, dropped the cash drawer and fled.

Police later arrested the baddie.

If the customer hadn’t been armed, it’s possible that nobody ever would have taught the crook any manners. Now he knows that there are consequences to his actions. Bad actions generally beget bad consequences.

Most of us learn that lesson without having to be shot at. It’s the rest of the population that cause us to own and carry guns.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.