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Armed robber hits Kennewick bank
By Michelle Dupler, Herald staff writer
Tara Carman expected to have an normal Saturday afternoon when she walked into US Bank on Columbia Center Boulevard in Kennewick at 1 p.m. to exchange some Canadian currency.
Like the dozen or so other people in line, she just wanted to do a little business before the bank closed and then move on with her day.
But then a man walked in carrying a gun, and those customers and the tellers expecting to soon end their shifts found themselves in the middle of a bank robbery.
"The guy came in and jumped up on the counter," Carman said. "He broke some glass -- a vase or something. He started yelling at the teller."
The man was wearing a bicycle helmet, sunglasses and had a black bandanna covering his face, she said....
Read more: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/10/03/1194054/armed-robber-hits-kennewick-bank.html#ixzz11OsJo4ls
So my question is: If you are doing business in the bank, regardless of OC/CC, what rights do you have to act in defense of yourself and those in the bank against this robber? If any?
I'm certain there are hundreds of scenarios we could go through, but namely, if a person chose to draw their weapon in defense of themselves, would you be protected from being charged? I'm asking this to benefit furthering our knowledge base as a group.
By Michelle Dupler, Herald staff writer
Tara Carman expected to have an normal Saturday afternoon when she walked into US Bank on Columbia Center Boulevard in Kennewick at 1 p.m. to exchange some Canadian currency.
Like the dozen or so other people in line, she just wanted to do a little business before the bank closed and then move on with her day.
But then a man walked in carrying a gun, and those customers and the tellers expecting to soon end their shifts found themselves in the middle of a bank robbery.
"The guy came in and jumped up on the counter," Carman said. "He broke some glass -- a vase or something. He started yelling at the teller."
The man was wearing a bicycle helmet, sunglasses and had a black bandanna covering his face, she said....
Read more: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/10/03/1194054/armed-robber-hits-kennewick-bank.html#ixzz11OsJo4ls
So my question is: If you are doing business in the bank, regardless of OC/CC, what rights do you have to act in defense of yourself and those in the bank against this robber? If any?
I'm certain there are hundreds of scenarios we could go through, but namely, if a person chose to draw their weapon in defense of themselves, would you be protected from being charged? I'm asking this to benefit furthering our knowledge base as a group.