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The Deseret News has an article on the front page this morning (http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695239282,00.html) about an irrate customer shooting a security guard at Sapp Bros. Apparently this nut-job got mad because the line wasn't moving fast enough and he needed his pack of gum. A security guard asked him to leave and the BG pulled a gun and shot him. The paper reported 2 things I thought were strange.
1) A witness said that the security guards are never armed. I wonder if he had an open carry gun on his side if things would have been different. Just speculation. Sapp Bros. policy was to call the police if needed. I guess the police didn't get there in time.
2) A quote from the article says: "Police were unsure Wednesday whether the handgun was registered." Now I didn't know that handguns are registered so either the police or the news reporter in ignorant to Utah laws. Why would he say that?
My heart goes out to the family and friends of the Security Guard Verne Walter Jenkins. I hope Sapp Bros. reviews their policy and DEMANDS that security guards carry guns. They should be open carried as a deterrent.
1) A witness said that the security guards are never armed. I wonder if he had an open carry gun on his side if things would have been different. Just speculation. Sapp Bros. policy was to call the police if needed. I guess the police didn't get there in time.
2) A quote from the article says: "Police were unsure Wednesday whether the handgun was registered." Now I didn't know that handguns are registered so either the police or the news reporter in ignorant to Utah laws. Why would he say that?
My heart goes out to the family and friends of the Security Guard Verne Walter Jenkins. I hope Sapp Bros. reviews their policy and DEMANDS that security guards carry guns. They should be open carried as a deterrent.