Waffle House waitress shot and killed after asking a man not to smoke

[LongTomH]

From RawStory:

An enraged Waffle House customer shot and killed a waitress early Friday who asked him not to smoke.

Police said Johnny Mount was eating about 1 a.m. at the restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, when he lit a cigarette, reported WLOX-TV.

A waitress asked the 45-year-old Mount to put out the cigarette or smoke outside, and he began arguing with her.

Police said Mount then pulled out a 9 mm handgun he had concealed under his shirt and shot the 52-year-old waitress in the head.

She was taken to a nearby hospital but died from her wounds.

[villager]

1. A Good Guy with a --

oh, wait.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. Another responsible gun owner.

Responsible was an act of

[-none]

3. Why do we let everyone and their crazy brother have firearms in public?

Keep your guns at home where you are more likely to knock off friends and relatives.

[zazen]

4. I hope they don't give him any cigs in prison, or nicotine patches, or any relief whatsoever

A 52-year-old waitress working in the middle of the night? Here she is doing all the right things and busting her behind and legs running around serving people, at that age, and this selfish bastard does this. Poor woman.

Kind of wish she had fired a gun at his friggin' lit cigarette instead. Goddamn I hate people who toxify my environment with their filthy, asthma, cancer-inducing second hand smoke.

[Crunchy Frog]

5. An armed society is a polite society. n/t

[gratuitous]

6. Dang, it's a good thing Johnny Mount had his gun

Otherwise, he would have just had to go home and grouse about the smoking nazi waitress down to the Waffle House. Instead, he was able to solve the argument once and for all, and that waitress will know better next time not to hassle the paying customers.

Nope, applying "the police are always right" logic to this murderous incident still just sounds stupid, even when the murderer isn't a cop.

[3catwoman3]

7. WTF! What goes on in the minds of people...

...who think this is the way to solve disagreements?

[Major Nikon]

18. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument

[3catwoman3]

25. There must be more to it than that.

I don't own any guns, nor do I plan to, and I have never even held one. I do have knives in my kitchen, quite a few, and many would make suitable weapons. I cannot imagine myself ever being tempted to use one on anybody.

[Major Nikon]

28. Not really

Everyone is subject to having the emotional side of their brain taking over the rational side. When that happens, one is far more likely to use a deadly weapon if they have one. The morons that can't seem to leave home without precious either are ignorant of this or they don't care. I'm not sure which is worse.

[Iggo]

22. "I have a gun. I'll show her who's boss."

That's what.

[Warpy]

27. Hunh, nobody gonna tell ME what to do

And that mindset is behind 90% of the problem with this country.

[onehandle]

8. Second Amendment Remedies. nt

[Delphinus]

9. OMG!

Unbelievable!

Blessings to her family

What is it going to take to wake this world up???

[monmouth4]

10. That poor woman was someone's wife, mother, sister, daughter. Working on Thanksgiving...Too sad..nt

[world wide wally]

11. If she was black, he could just say he was "standing his ground"

WTF has this country come to?

[cwydro]

20. Do we even know what race she was?

I didn't see anything about that.

[Warpy]

29. Does it matter?

If you're really curious, http://www.wlox.com/story/30621346/police-identify-victim-in-waffle-house-shooting and the video at http://www.wlox.com/story/30619028/friends-mourn-loss-of-waffle-house-worker will tell you about the woman who was murdered and the piece of shit who shot her for doing her job.

[cwydro]

31. I only replied to the previous post.

I don't care what color any terrorist might be.

[romanic]

12. That's fucked up.

May she RIP, poor woman didn't deserve to go out like that over a damn smoke.

[Orsino]

13. Weird. Doesn't sound quite like first-degree murder, does it?

Maybe there was a history between the gunman and the victim?

[ManiacJoe]

36. Second degree murder; spur of the moment.

[Kaleva]

14. He was a responsible gun owner who had a constitutional right to own and carry.

Until he shot the waitress.

Now he isn't considered a responsible gun owner but that doesn't do the dead waitress much good.

[Dr. Strange]

15. He smokes because it relaxes him.

[LuvNewcastle]

16. I wonder if it's the Waffle House I go to sometimes.

The one I visit is downtown. It's across the street from a couple of big casinos. People go in there to sober up all the time. We have a few Waffle Houses in Biloxi, but I'm thinking it might be that one. I hope the waitress's family is able to find peace after this.

Smoking in restaurants is still legal in Biloxi, if the restaurant wants to allow it. Waffle House changed its smoking policy fairly recently. I never thought it would come to this, not in this town, anyway. It's a very sad day.

On edit: I just read at another source that this didn't happen at the WH I visit. I didn't know the poor lady, thank God.

[toddwv]

17. 1st Degree Murder?

That won't stick. Is he a murderer? Definitely. Should he be locked up for life? Absolutely.

But proving intent will be a difficult task.

[LisaL]

23. He pulled out a gun and shot her in the head.

What is it that you think his intent was?

[toddwv]

24. Sorry

I should have used "premeditation" instead of intent. His intent was obvious but did he go to the restaurant planning on shooting somebody?

I'd rather see him locked up for life than getting off because of a technicality like planning ahead of time.

Remember, they can only charge him once. I'd rather see a charge that will definitely end up with a conviction than one that lets the perp walk.

[3catwoman3]

26. If someone is carrying a gun around, that person is...

...at least willing to and prepared to shoot someone, or they wouldn't be carrying the damn thing.

[MH1]

35. IANAL, but I have had it explained to me

that depending on the state, "premeditation" doesn't mean what we non-lawyers generally think it means. "Premeditation" can happen in a very short time, as part of the incident. Depends on the law of that particular state. Again, this is what has been explained to me.

I don't know any reason they would deliberately over-charge in this case.

[workinclasszero]

19. The NRA solution...

All waitresses must be armed by law.

And they got some fine killin machines ready to sell you folks.

Unrestrained, unregulated capitalism will kill us all. This is just one example.

[Floyd Steinberg]

33. One restaurant in Colorado has armed waitress

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/waitresses-at-colorado-restaurant-carry-trays-of-food-firearms/

Yes, the town is nuts over there.

[Iggo]

21. Gunfuckers gonna gunfuck.

(And of course I'm referring to Mr Mount, not any of DU's own firearm enthusiasts.)

[Marrah_G]

30. omg

[smirkymonkey]

32. Sick bastard should be locked up for the rest of his natural life.

God, I go on vacation and come back to all hell breaking loose. Poor woman.

[tblue37]

34. Guns make them feel entitled and invincible. nt