Leaps and Bounds...

A reader who wishes to remain anonymous sent me this righteous story from Iowa:

Police: Waterloo store clerk killed 2 robbery suspects

WATERLOO - Two men were shot and killed while apparently trying to rob the East Fourth Street Liquor Store, 1027 E. Fourth St., early this morning.

Robert Maurice Bolden, 21, of Waterloo, died at the scene of the shooting. Antonio McNeal Sproles, 21, of Waterloo, died a short time later at Allen Hospital.

This is a special one - a twofer! You know, there's just something about hearing about a 65 year old store clerk taking on two twenty-something robbers armed with guns and coming out the victor. One has to wonder what would have happened had the clerk not had has gun - maybe the two choirboys would have taken everything in the register and left; maybe they would have shot him down first.

Here's another angle to this story:

Shooting was in the cards

Money quote:

The weapon used by the clerk is a .44 caliber revolver that is kept at the store for protection. This certainly seems to be a case of a citizen trying to protect his life, not the act of a vigilante. We also believe these types of situations reinforce the stance that law-abiding and qualifying citizens have the right to keep firearms for their protection and self-defense.

Wow. Just wow.

This write-up was brought to my attention by FarmDad in GBC chat last night.

In any case, we'll never know what the two goblins intended to do - but we do know that their license to goblin is now expired.

Dead Goblin Count: 48

That is all.