Man Robs Convenience Stores With Klingon "Batleth" 579
mnovotny writes "Colorado Springs police are looking for a man who hit two 7-Eleven convenience stores, armed with a Klingon 'Batleth' sword inspired by the Star Trek science fiction series.
They did appear more human in the original series."
When they outlaw batleths.... (Score:5, Funny)
Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, we must ban replica weapons that are only made for killing large numbers of people! Protect the children!
These "assault swords" have features like extra cutting edges, and allow the evil person using one to swing it in both directions, thereby killing more people.
The user's hands are placed a little differently than on traditional swords, meaning the user can swing with more power and hit more people at once.
They're made of cheap metal, which is more dangerous than regular steel because it's more powerful and stronger than a real sword!
And they have engravings in an unknown foreign terrorist language, which tells the user how to be deadly assassin. And there's obviously no need for engraving on a sword.
And obviously, if we ban them, they'll all magically go away, because we know that criminals who like to commit acts of violence will be scared of the law that bans their swords. Nobody will ever make one themselves, or sneak one in through the black market, and there are no legitimate uses (such as movie props and reenactments) for these weapons.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Funny)
"...allow the evil person using one to swing it in both directions..."
Well, obviously anyone who swings both ways is pure evil (according to the fundamentalists).
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Don't laugh. In ancient times in some cities swords were banned. People were only allowed knives up to a certain size.
Back in the day, 100 Roman soldiers were a huge and powerful force. A Centurion, the man who commands only 100 men was allowed to make binding agreements and speak for the Roman government
In a city where swords are outlawed 100 armed men could do as they wanted.
Self protection in Texas (Score:5, Funny)
Back in college, I had a friend who was into the Society for Creative Anachronism thing. He got burgled one night while he was home, and sent the intruder to the hospital with wounds from a broadsword. You don't see that every day.
Apparently he was stark naked when he attacked, too. Dunno if he bothered to cover himself with woad before the battle.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Funny)
Wooosh!
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Funny)
Careful where you swing that thing.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:4, Funny)
Careful where you swing that thing.
I hope you are talking about Bat'Leths and not the recent footage that interrupted the Super Bowl ;)
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Funny)
That's what she said.
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"If you go wandering about with a real Katana you are likely to be
arrested just as if you were waving a pistol around."
I'm sorry but that is wrong. The general law in most states is you may not CONCEAL a blade larger than a certain length, but you may certainly open carry a large blade as long as it is sheathed and secured. Some states don't allow certain weapons, like shuriken (CA and MA) but BLADES are considered mostly a tool.
Seriously. I used to walk around Memphis with a katana. Open carry, plain sight
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I believe that Sikhs have a religious mandate to carry a sword with them at all times- something about always being ready to fight for God. In India they even allow them to carry the swords onto airplanes.
Probably wouldn't go over so well here in the good old USA though... too many paranoid morons.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:4, Insightful)
Box cutters and pocket knives were legal at the time. Too bad the other 100 plus passengers on those planes were not carrying box cutters or pocket knives. The world would be a very different place today.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Insightful)
Yes ... but notice that the one plane where people knew what they were going to do crashed into the middle of PA?
It doesn't matter anymore. Anyone trying to hijack a plane is going to run into the "problem" that people will remember the 9/11 modus operandi now and will most likely actively rebel.
Darn good thing too, at least there is a chance of them NOT being sheep in ALL situations.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Informative)
Because, those passengers did something heroic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11 [wikipedia.org]
(and the actual news item sourced by Wikipedia:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191520,00.html [foxnews.com])
They were the only ones on any of the planes (besides the hijackers themselves), who knew the plan was to crash the plane into a building.
They could have chosen to disbelieve the information ("Who is crazy enough to do that? We should just wait."), instead, they chose to make sure that the plane they were on could NOT be used in that way.
I am sure they were all hoping they would live (who doesn't?), and they knew they were going to die if they did nothing, but their actions kept the terrorists from achieving their objective.
Bluntly, they were the only ones who were in the position to do something, and they acted, even though that action cost them their lives.
In that way they became Martyrs. Bitterly ironic given that they were the only way to stop other supposed "Martyrs" plans.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Insightful)
If you think the reason why the 9/11 hijackers were successful is because the 100 plus passengers were not armed you are badly mistaken.
On average 20-30 people armed with stuff readily available on a plane should be able to take down 4 average guys with box cutters. Box cutters don't even penetrate inflight magazines well. You can kill people with pens. Heck if people started throwing their shoes and coins at the hijackers it would hurt them badly.
Why they didn't try was the passengers didn't realize what the hijackers were _really_ up to.
Back then the "general understanding" was the passengers and crew cooperate with hijackers, the plane lands somewhere and the hijackers either a) eventually get something they can accept and nobody gets hurt, b) or the Special Forces storms the plane and some people die.
In fact it seems that after passengers in one of the 9/11 planes found out what happened to the other planes, they stopped the hijackers from achieving their objectives. Sure that plane still crashed (just not at the target), but perhaps if they knew earlier things would have been different.
I'd actually argue that if you can really prevent "teeth and claws" getting on board, it's harder for 4 wolves to overpower 100 sheep in a fight to the death. Whereas if you allowed everyone to carry deadly weapons, it just makes things worse. Most "sheep" won't bring swords on board. And a skilled person with a sword can defeat very many unarmed people (a decent sharp sword has pretty good "stopping" power). In contrast a skilled unarmed martial artist will find it harder to fight off many unarmed people at once (some poor bastard may have to be the shield, but too bad).
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Insightful)
Whereas if you allowed everyone to carry deadly weapons, it just makes things worse.
Given the number of cases where passengers panic over someone they think is acting funny or who have Arabic script on tee shirts, I'd really hate to see some of those passengers armed.
"Really officer, I saw him praying, and everyone knows those terrorists always pray before blowing themselves up. So of course I shot him."
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:4, Interesting)
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Re:The heroes of 911 are afraid of box cutters. (Score:5, Insightful)
P.S. It would be fairly trivial to kill someone with what you call a "kid's knife". A box cutter is a razor blade with a handle. Would you like to be slashed with a razor?
Re:The heroes of 911 are afraid of box cutters. (Score:5, Insightful)
P.S. It would be fairly trivial to kill someone with what you call a "kid's knife". A box cutter is a razor blade with a handle. Would you like to be slashed with a razor?
As opposed to being smashed into a skyscraper? Yes.
But hindsight is 20/20, and they didn't know it just a typical "take the plane to cuba" deal until it was too late.
Re:The heroes of 911 are afraid of box cutters. (Score:5, Insightful)
It has nothing to do with bravery or "averageness". Prior to 9/11 the best thing a hostage could do was stay calm and obedient -it ensured not only your own safety, but the safety of others. Hostage-taking was nothing new and almost always resolved safely on the ground. Going cowboy was an act of foolish endangerment.
The reason the passengers on the flight over PA fought back was because they heard what happened with the other planes and realized the previous rules didn't apply this time. I have little doubt the people on the early flights would've tried the same thing if they had known.
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They were not afraid of 'box cutters'.
The reason for this is that there are no reports or evidence of any kind anywhere that the hijackers had box cutters.
It's far more likely they were carrying combat knives. The box cutter myth was started to explain how they carried the knives through airport security.
See:
http://edwardjayepstein.com/nether_fictoid9.htm [edwardjayepstein.com]
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How much does it happen in reality? I don't hear about it very often, in a country (USA) of 300 million. Of course, flying-jets-into-buildings only happened once, but even other large-scale (more than a few deaths) random violence only happens, what, annually? Less? That's very rare. We live in an exceedingly safe society, even as it is an open and free society (mostly). Other societies have even lower crime, but they have less freedom and openness (cf England or something).
Me, I would have run to the back
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Re:The heroes of 911 are afraid of box cutters. (Score:5, Insightful)
It comes down to the information available to the respective passengers. The standard approach is to assume that the hijackers want money or the release of prisoners and probably won't kill the passengers. With that in mind you just sit in your seat, shut up, and hope that when the SWAT team kills the hijackers you don't get injured. When the passengers realized those people were going to turn them into a missile (because of phone calls informing them of their impending deaths) they weren't going to have any of that shit. The passengers of the other planes would have clawed the eyes out of their attackers if they had any idea what was going to happen. People will readily die for a higher purpose (see soldiers, religious crazies, people that try to rescue children/pets/the elderly from fires), they just have to see the purpose of dying.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:4, Insightful)
9/11 happened because 4 guys with box-cutters could commandeer an airplane.
9/11 happened because:
a) US government secret services and law enforcement agencies failed to do their job.
b) because the entire plane of passengers just sat there and allowed it to happen.
c) because they were able to just waltz in into the cockpit.
d) because Arnold, Bruce, Sly and Steven were busy elsewhere.
The terrorists could have just as well held a large clock and claim that they have a bomb.
Forget the clock - they could have held a bag and claim there is a bomb inside.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Insightful)
e) nobody before had ever hijacked a plane with the suicidal intent to crash it, and the standard response to hijackings had been to land wherever the hijackers said to land.
Once the passengers on Flight 93 heard about what happened on the other planes, they changed their response.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:4, Insightful)
Not a sword, a dagger. And no, you shouldn't be allowed to carry either on an airplane. 9/11 happened because 4 guys with box-cutters could commandeer an airplane. Obviously, this tactic would not work today, but I think that Sikhs can check their daggers. Not wanting the general public carrying weapons on a plane is neither paranoid nor moronic.
Box-cutters make terrible weapons, unless your target is unarmed or can't fight back.
Actually, I suspect if people were less cowed by authorities and were allowed to carry self-defensive equipment, 9/11 would never have happened. 4 box-cutters vs 100 known-to-be-unarmed victims is far different than 4 box-cutters vs 100 potentially-armed freemen.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, I suspect if people were less cowed by authorities and were allowed to carry self-defensive equipment, 9/11 would never have happened. 4 box-cutters vs 100 known-to-be-unarmed victims is far different than 4 box-cutters vs 100 potentially-armed freemen.
"The odds that one person is carrying a bomb on a plane are 500,000 to one. The odds that two people are each carrying a bomb on a plane are five billion to one. So to be safe, always carry a bomb with you when you fly."
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Insightful)
However, you have to balance that with the inevitable 2-3 crashes per year because of drunk or otherwise hotheaded passengers who just didn't think about pulling triggers etc.
9/11 happened because of intelligence failures, plain and simple. It won't happen again, not because of better intelligence, but because the hijacker-passenger contract was ripped up. People know now that they may not survive if they don't fight back. Previously people knew that if they just went along eventually they were likely to be released unharmed in some random foreign land.
Now people will fight back hard and fast when something happens. That alone is the safest thing we have in our favor preventing another 9/11 attack.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Funny)
Box-cutters make terrible weapons, unless your target is unarmed or can't fight back.
or is a box
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It's a *ceremonial* dagger (Score:3, Informative)
And it looks it would take a good bit of effort to "cut" a stick of butter with it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirpan [wikipedia.org]
(Also see the legality section further down)
I'd be surprised if these got a second look pre-9/11...but these days a picture of a giant cartoon robot with a cartoon gun on your T-shirt is too dangerous to take on a plane.
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Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Informative)
Louisiana allows for open carry, but the instructor (a state trooper) cautioned that all it takes is a complaint for you to get arrested for it. The reasoning is that "disturbing the peace" trumps the right to open carry.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Informative)
Sometimes you'll get arrested for that in Georgia, too, but it almost always gets thrown out in court (assuming you were licensed and legal to carry in that location). Now, if you're in a private establishment, and the manager/proprietor decides he doesn't like it, that's a different matter; he has full legal right to ask you to cover up or leave.
in general, though, firearms laws in Georgia are so convoluted and ambiguous that even the judges, lawyers, and police don't really know it well. Go up and ask five officers what the laws are, you'll get six different answers. We're trying to fix that, because regardless of the subject, the people deserve laws that are clear and easy to understand. Otherwise, how can they follow them?
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:4, Insightful)
the people deserve laws that are clear and easy to understand. Otherwise, how can they follow them?
"Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We *want* them broken. You'd better get it straight That it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against- then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
-- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Ch. III, "White Blackmail"
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Louisiana allows for open carry
IIRC, for alcohol as well as firearms. :-)
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Interesting)
If you threaten my life, I have a right to make you stop. If you end up dead, well, that's too bad. At least that's the law in Texas.
That's generally the law everywhere although the specifics may vary. Here in New York the case law says that when out in public we have to make a reasonable effort to retreat first. In our homes we don't have to retreat although it's well advised -- personally I wouldn't shoot somebody over property (it's insured) if my life isn't in danger.
If I feel like my life is in danger though all bets are off -- I'll be shooting to kill and will continue shooting until the threat has been negated. If he manages to survive then I'll tell the 911 dispatcher to send an ambulance along with the cops.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Insightful)
If he manages to survive then I'll tell the 911 dispatcher to send an ambulance along with the cops.
You're more compassionate than I. The fucker would probably sue you and win.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Interesting)
1) Fire as many shots as you want, but don't hit him more than 3x (looks bad to the cops/DA/jury).
2) Regardless of #1 above, if all shots entered through the back then roll him over and shoot him at least once through the front and claim that as your first shot. CSI is just a TV show, they're not going to figure it out.
3) If he falls outside your door, drag his ass back into your house before the cops get there and describe a "scuffle".
The fact he had this list, and left his Glock on the coffee table while we watched Star Trek, always made me nervous...
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Interesting)
Apparently two deer hunters were walking toward an isolated rural road in west Texas, somewhere near Pecos. From a distance, they observed a state trooper standing next to a vehicle that he'd pulled over. They heard a bang and saw the trooper fall back away from the vehicle. A man stepped from the vehicle and fired a second shot at the trooper, who was apparently laying on the ground, now out of their sight.
At this point, the two hunters knelt down in the brush. Not noticing them, the man dragged the trooper's body into the ditch, then walked over and started poking through the trooper's car. After a bit of whispered discussion, one of the hunters shot the man in the chest as he stood next to the trooper's car.
They carefully came up to the car and found the man bleeding, but still alive, his handgun a few feet away. They took the gun and one of them got into the trooper's car and managed to radio for help. About 15 minutes later, another trooper arrived at the scene, and sometime thereafter an ambulance arrived.
This in of itself is an interesting story. However, the paramedics examined both the shot trooper and the man from the car, and found the former to be dead and the latter still alive. After some discussion with the second trooper, they took the dead trooper to the hospital in their ambulance, returning to pick up the wounded man over an hour later, by which time he had died.
The trooper who told me the story arrived after the ambulance had left with the first trooper, but before it returned to pick up the wounded man. That man, it turns out, was a prison escapee who'd been on the run for a week or so.
Anyway, it's not entirely relevant to this discussion, but an interesting story nonetheless.
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This in of itself is an interesting story. However, the paramedics examined both the shot trooper and the man from the car, and found the former to be dead and the latter still alive. After some discussion with the second trooper, they took the dead trooper to the hospital in their ambulance, returning to pick up the wounded man over an hour later, by which time he had died.
Serves the SOB right, IMHO.
Re:Enact the assault sword ban! (Score:5, Insightful)
Ok, so I'm bad at sarcasm. I'm mocking the "logic" of the proposed "assault weapons" ban on the following points:
(Regarding pistol grips) Apparently, changing the angle at which your hands hold the gun makes it "more deadly and able to spray fire from the hip". Tilting my hand twenty degrees more vertical just means my hand is at a different angle, no more. It's like arguing that changing the steering wheel and gearshift on your bone-stock Honda Civic (or holding your hands at 3 and 9 instead of 2 and 10) makes it a racecar that corners better.
(Regarding the "high powered" claim) Apparently, using smaller, less powerful rounds makes a gun "high powered" and "more deadly" than a gun that fires a bigger, more powerful, standard hunting round. Or, the same bullet fired from a "normal"-looking rifle is less deadly than one fired from a scarier-looking AK-47--even though it's the same bullet moving at the same speed. To use a car analogy again, putting a smaller engine with less horsepower and less torque makes the car more powerful and have better acceleration.
(Regarding the "no legitimate use" claim) Apparently, the thousands and thousands of AR-15s, SKSs, M1As, and 10/22s that law-abiding Americans use for hunting, target-shooting competitions, and defense of the home have no legitimate uses like hunting, target-shooting, and defense of the home.
(Regarding the "collapsible stock" claim) Apparently, changing a stock's length by a few inches makes it bad, evil, and easy to conceal. Yet a fixed stock equal in length to the fully collapsed one would still be legal, as would removing the stock entirely (provided the minimum overall length of 26 inches is maintained).
Also ignored is the fact that the previous ban had no effect on criminal violence whatsoever. I'd suggest that a much better approach to crimefighting is to keep violent offenders in prison doing hard time, and help keep people from turning to violence in the first place. Make decisions based on facts rather than "ZOMG it's scary looking!!1!" emotions.
Remember, the government will tell you to rely on it to protect you and defend you from criminals--but then it will turn right around and claim it had no obligation to do so.
Released Description ... (Score:4, Funny)
When asked if he had a smooth or ridged forehead, they refused to comment.
Re:When they outlaw batleths.... (Score:4, Funny)
Clearly, you're being ironic, but you cannot out-irony the authorities. [dailymail.co.uk]
Impressed? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:be CLear (Score:5, Funny)
You can keep it inside any convenient Romulan corpse.
There is no honor in theft. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:There is no honor in theft. (Score:5, Insightful)
That punishment is too lenient for such a p'tahk! He should face discommendation!
Re:There is no honor in theft. (Score:5, Insightful)
This honorless p'tahk will be sent to work the mines on Rura Penthe!
Insightful? FUNNY! (Score:5, Funny)
The mods are without honor and should be stripped of their karma and titles, face discommendation, and sent to work the mines on Rural Penthe.
Re:There is no honor in theft. (Score:5, Funny)
(insert another dickhead buzz-kill reference...)
Re:There is no honor in theft. (Score:4, Funny)
I am glad but slightly nervous that got marked insightful. Glad that there are such nerds, but nervous that they might actually be klingons... which I now just insulted...
sincerely,
Bob Smith in montreal canada.
Re:There is no honor in theft. (Score:5, Funny)
can we all cross our arms and turn around now?
Re:There is no honor in theft. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:There is no honor in theft. (Score:5, Funny)
don't you mean that he should be stripped of his grandmother's basement and his MMORPG accounts?
Re:There is no honor in theft. (Score:5, Funny)
I'll take his Batleth, thank you.
If his grandmother bakes excellent cookies, I'll take her too.
Re:There is no honor in theft. (Score:5, Funny)
don't you mean that he should be stripped of his grandmother's basement and his MMORPG accounts?
And he should be stripped of his "Chewbacca is my copilot" T-shirt immediately!
Ugh! Oh God! That was a mistake. Put the shirt back on! Put it on! You can keep it, I'm sorry.
I believe stealing slurpees (Score:5, Funny)
is one of the Rites of Ascension. While it is inevitable that a boy becomes a man, what is not inevitable is whether a man becomes a warrior. That is, until he robs a 7-eleven.
Re:I believe stealing slurpees (Score:5, Interesting)
You might think that's funny, but robbing gas stations is the exactly the kind of stuff that gangs use as initiation,
Re:I believe stealing slurpees (Score:5, Funny)
You might think that's funny, but robbing gas stations is the exactly the kind of stuff that gangs use as initiation,
Since when do the Bloods have a trekkie clique?
Re:I believe stealing slurpees (Score:5, Funny)
You have it sadly backwards. The Bloods were the activist wing of the Trekkie division of the Los Angeles Linux User Group.
In the Denver LUG, infiltrating convenience stores has provided a reliable supply of Mountain Dew. But I fear this infighting may unravel the whole sweet deal.
Re:I believe stealing slurpees (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I believe stealing slurpees (Score:4, Funny)
Exactly! It's the ultimate MO. Their crimes will almost never get reported because the victims will be too embarrassed.
Re:I believe stealing slurpees (Score:5, Funny)
Bloodwine is for wimps. The drink of a true warrior comes from the juice of a prune.
Re:I believe stealing slurpees (Score:5, Funny)
Yep. Nothing screams warrior like not shitting your pants in the heat of battle after knocking back a gallon of prune juice.
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You'd think so, but no :-(.
Poor reporting strikes again (Score:5, Funny)
It's not a "Batleth", it's a "Bat'leth". Without the apostrophe it just looks ridiculous.
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Don't you know? It was intentional.
Re:Poor reporting strikes again (Score:5, Funny)
Not as ridiculous as this part of the story:
A half hour later, police received a call from a 7-Eleven at 2407 N Union Blvd, where a male matching the previous description entered the store with a sword. He also demanded money from the store clerk. The clerk did not give him any money and the suspect transported himself out of the store on foot.
The writer almost sounds disappointed that the suspect didn't beam himself out of the store ;)
Re:Poor reporting strikes again (Score:4, Funny)
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I've never trusted Klingons... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I've never trusted Klingons... (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder... (Score:5, Funny)
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Dammit Jim! I'm a police officer, not a psychiatrist!
At least... (Score:3, Interesting)
it seems that the two clerks were big enough nerds to identify the weapon as a Batleth!
Unfortunately it seems that the robber was masked so they weren't able to tell if he was a swarmy Klingon.
Some great writing in the story: "The clerk did not give him any money and the suspect transported himself out of the store"
So the suspect ummm.. "left" the store? Oh wait... "transported himself", dude got beamed up!
*Both* Clerks Recognized It? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:*Both* Clerks Recognized It? (Score:4, Informative)
Dante: You know what the worst part is? (Score:5, Funny)
Dante: I'm not even supposed to be here today!
Oh Great. (Score:5, Funny)
So if he's caught and serves his time (Score:5, Funny)
will he be considered and "Ex-KAHN!"?
Bat'etlh, not bat'leth (Score:4, Funny)
And your mother has a smooth forehead!
Disappointing... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm rather disappointed he just wore a plain black mask and regular clothes...
The story would have sounded a lot better if he had gone in a full klingon costume.
And This is Why (Score:4, Funny)
Channeling Jack Thompson... (Score:4, Funny)
*BEGINS CHANNELING JACK THOMPSON*
This proves that watching Star Trek makes a person violent! We must ban all Star Trek in order to protect our children and our 7-11's.
*ENDS CHANNELING JACK THOMPSON*
And now, if you'll excuse me, I need to wash out my brain... with some hydrochloric acid.
Aamazing (Score:5, Funny)
We actually have a good story on Idle. Well, I guess there's a first time for everything.
Brain Freeze Initiation (Score:5, Funny)
The Clerks did What They're Suppose to Do (Score:5, Interesting)
If you work in a convenience store, you never ever try to stop a robbery. It doesn't matter if the guy has a gun, a Bat'leh, or an attack gerbil.
Your job is to get this guy out of your store as fast as possible with as few injuries as possible. I knew someone who worked in HR at Southland Corporation (the people who run 7-11s). They train their workers to help the robbers.
Most robbers have little idea of what they should do once they run into a convenience store and demand all of the money. The clerks are trained to not make sudden moves and to keep their hands visible.
The clerks ask the robber if they want their money in a sack and if the robber would like them to lie down behind the counter until they leave. The clerk's job at that point is to get the robber out of the store as quickly as possible.
Most of the time, there is less than $50 in the till. If someone comes in with a bat'leh, you don't know if they may also have a gun on them. You have no idea what this person might be capable of doing or whether they have a few friends outside who may try to help out if you put up a fight.
It simply isn't worth the fuss over $50. You give the money to your assailants, wish them a nice day, and hope they leave as quickly as they came.
Re:This is too much! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is too much! (Score:5, Funny)
WWAKD (What Would A Klingon Do?)
Rob a 7-11, apparently. How else does a warrior fund a Bird of Prey in this economy?
Re:Why is this in "Entertainment?" (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, it's just a shame neither of the clerks were in red shirts!
Re:Why is this in "Entertainment?" (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, it's just a shame neither of the clerks were in red shirts!
If they had been the headline would be: Man Commits Murder With Klingon Bat'Leth
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No, but armed robbery will land him in a federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
No, it will land him in a county jail. If it were a repeat or significant enough offense, he would likely end up in a state prison. Federal prison is for thos who violate federal laws - armed robbery that doesn't cross state lines is a local/state crime.
Re:this geek is clearly breaking the rules... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:How recognizable is a bat'leh? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm glad you linked to Michael Dorn because nobody on /. would have known who he was if you hadn't ;)