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Anyone see the news lately about the pharmacist in Michigan who used a handgun to defend himself against armed robbers??? One of the gunman pointed the gun at him and tried to shoot him while he was calling 911 but the gun misfired. He returned fire (3 shots) missing the assailant, and he and his accomplice soon ran out the door empty handed. More importantly they left without hurting anyone. To me the guy was a hero.

Of course Walgreens fired him.

I worked for Walgreens and this is exactly how they appreciate their staff. They have no security guards, no emergency call pendants like gas station attendants have.... All you have for "protection" is a phone mounted up on a wall or counter that you can dial 911 on and hope the police come in time to catch the guys leaving after they stole everything and killed you and your coworkers.

The guy filed a lawsuit against walgreens for wrongful termination but I doubt he will win. They have in the handbooks and training videos stuff about escalating violent situations, and what to do in a robbery... and of course their policy on no guns and how any employee with one on them or in their locker will be terminated immediately. Boo Walgreens. Their actions clearly say that if their employees are robbed and shot at to just lay there and die.

schufflerbot wrote:my wife works at a pharmacy and their policy is a strict, 'no guns for employees' rule.

ticks me right off.

she will be getting her CHL as soon as my mom buys her first gun and signs up for class (they're going to get them together) but where she needs it the most, behind the counter, she will have to go without.

I used to work for a large pharmacy chain and they had the strict no guns policy. They also had only 1/3 of the cameras in the pharmacy working, and of course no security personnel at all. So if I was the guy that got someone popped for forging a script or something when that guy gets out the next day I get to worry about him on top of the people going in armed to take controlled meds. I am not gonna say what I did to assure my safety, but sometimes your life is more important than some dumbass policy.

Oh, btw... 3 months after I quit a friend of mine that was a pharmacist for the same company was found beaten to death inside of one of his rental properties. Dunno if it was related to the field or a robbery gone bad, but it is a thankless job that can turn deadly fast.