Grandfather fights off gun-toting robbers in Toronto (story w/video)

[alp227]

Hmm. Wayne LaPierre must be VERY disappointed at this story out of Canada, since the target should've been armed himself:

A Toronto silk store owner and his wife managed to fight off a pair of would-be robbers in a dramatic struggle captured on the store’s security camera.

Grandfather Premanathan Kanapathipallai stopped the two men Tuesday with the help of his wife, who at one point rammed a clothing rack into the back of one of the men. The two men now are both facing robbery and gun charges.

The fracas began when two men, one armed with a gun, barged into the Rashi Silks store that Kanapathipallai and his wife own...

One of the men brandished a handgun and demanded cash.

Kanapathipallai’s wife then ran for the exit, causing one of the men to follow her. Kanapathipallai, meanwhile, ended up wrestling on the floor with the other man.

With one of the suspects on top of Kanapathipallai and throwing punches, his wife charged back into the store and rammed a rack of clothing into the back of the man on top of her husband.

Kanapathipallai managed to get the gun away from one of the suspects, who fought to get it back. In the struggle, a shot was fired. Kanapathipallai then threw the gun toward the front of the store. Next he charged after the gun, recovered it and threw it away a second time, tossing it out the front door.

[riverbendviewgal]

1. Ha. they had no gun and fought them off.

Of course the gun was not a semi automatic....

Good for them....

[HockeyMom]

2. Many people do just that

but the Gun Culture of the American Wild West doesn't want to report it.