Neither of the two people convicted would have waited on you. I think it is fairly certain they the individuals were not "let" in. They were not likely to have been welcome there during normal hours.Commander wrote:Also, If I recall that case correctly the shooter was a former employee of the Texarkana Outback who showed up at closing time and was let in by the employees because they "knew" him.....I used to eat at that Outback periodically and often wondered if those that were killed had waited on me during one of my visits.....Luggo1 wrote:The first capital murder case I defended involved the execution style murder of 3 Outback employees in Texarkana, Texas. They were herded to the back of the restaurant, which had closed for the night and were executed. I wonder if any of the 3 (one was pregnant too) wished they had some other alternative to being shot down like cattle? I suspect that they would have. Outback was also sued civily over the incident, I don't know the current status of that suit. I think you should send the Outback rep a letter back and ask him about whether or not he would like to have some other option, that the Outback employees in Texarkana did not. Ask him if that quadruple homicide is one of the "benefits" of their policy? Perhaps he could maybe see one reason in that example that someone other than criminals carrying guns into an Outback restaurant might be a good thing?
Silly me...
There is no guarantee the outcome would have been different had all or one of the employees been armed, they certainly would have had some chance though.