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Getting a handhold.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(clerk fires robbers for fear of life)(Brief Article)
During a December 6 robbery, a clerk at a liquor store had a gun pointed at his head at close range, but he still managed to turn the tables on the assailant.
At about 9:45 p.m., the clerk and his girlfriend were in Alessandro Liquor in Riverside, California, when two masked men rushed in, pointing guns. The armed men, later identified as Marshawn Burns and Jaray Christy, seized the girlfriend as she tried to scramble to an alarm and activate it. They also threw the clerk on the floor and threatened him with a gun.
As Burns aimed the gun at the prone clerk's head, Christy made the girlfriend open the cash register. When Burns attempted to tie up the clerk, the clerk was able to turn onto his back, grab Burn's gun, and force the muzzle away from his own head. The clerk, who had a gun in his waistband, then tried to resolve the situation. In an interview with the Press-Enterprise, he related what happened next: "I told him, 'You don't need to do this. ...
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