Dumb Criminals
The kid barged into a 7-Eleven in Dania Beach, Fla., Tuesday night and pointed a rifle at the counter clerk, reports the Miami Herald.
Then he paused a moment to try to load the .22-caliber gun — with .40-caliber ammunition.
“He’s trying to cram a .40-caliber bullet into a .22-caliber rifle,” Broward County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jim Leljedal told the newspaper. “It’s like twice as big as the gun will fit. It won’t go.”
Despite his weapon’s lack of deadliness, the teen pointed the gun again at the cashier and said, “Give me the money — don’t make me do this.”
Three customers saw their chance and jumped on the gunman, tackling him, kicking him and finally standing on him until police showed up.
This reminds me of a story a police officer acquaintance relayed to me once. A guy tried to hold up two other guys with a revolver. The two intended victims were gun savvy sorts and noticed that the revolver wasn’t loaded (because you can see into the chambers of a revolver). They took the would-be robber’s gun and wallet from him.
