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1. We are talking about potentially violent, threatening customers, not politics.
2.I lived outside the US for four years, and no country that I lived inever had students, that I was ever aware of,shooting up their schools, blowing up their schools, disgruntled employees shooting up their workplace, blowing up their workplace, people trying to poison co-workers and government officials, armed robbers, with automatic weapons, shooting up an entire police force (LA) and people flying multiple planes into multiple buildings. Granted, I never lived in Mexico or Columbia, where drug lords and violence reign, but I am well awareof violence in other parts of the world.
3. How many teachers do you know and how many of them have you polled about their fears? Many of my college professors and high school teachers often told classes that, if you didn't keep up and put out your best work, chances are that you would fail. In college, when I had to repeat a difficult accounting class because of a low grade, my teacher showed no outward remorse. Just my view in a family ofprofessors and cpas.
4. My contract was cancelled for having a firearm in my store. If I tell you to leave my store, and you don't, you are then trespassing. If I call the police and tell you that I am calling the police, and you tell me that you are the police, what would you have me do? A 911 dispatcher, after all, should carrysome burden of knowing not to ever, ever make violent threats over a stupid cell phone or ever let a situation like this escalate! I have never in my life walked into a place of business and threatened anyone, verbally or physically, for any reason.
4. Do I have the right to keep a firearm, whether displayed or not, on my private property for protection? The Sheriff's department and my attorney think is was perfectly within my rights. In fact, a bank had just been robbed across the street a month prior (a ten year old boy was taken hostage), and a day prior to my incident, two police officers were shot and killed ten miles up the road. And this is the 'better' side of town. Not to mention, there had beentwo wireless businesses robbed within two weeks prior.
5. After repeated attempts by me and my attorney, Verizon will not talk with us.
6. I am not asking for sympathy, just suggestions.
7. I don't have all the answers, just simply sharing the experience.
8. When you want to play rugby, email me privately and I will give you my address and directions.
9. Have you ever been robbed at gunpoint? Have you ever been in tense situation, where violent threats were communicated,and had to make a quick decision. Afterthe fact, we can always look back and see how to do things better. Hence, why we have so manypunditsand spinsters.
10.In some situations, unbeknowst to customers, verizon has contracted security officers in their stores. Unfortunately,I did not have the financial resources to pay for professional security.
