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Bank Robbery Stopped by CHL Holder PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mike Kinsey   
Thursday, 19 June 2008

A bank robber in Canton, MI, was stopped in his tracks earlier this week by a legally armed Concealed Handgun License holder and his personal firearm.

From 620 WTMJ NewsRadio:
(WXYZ) -- An attempted bank robbery in Canton played out like a scene from a movie Monday when a man who police say claimed to have a bomb was stopped by a customer armed with a pistol.

The drama started just after the Comerica bank on Michigan Ave. opened around 9 a.m. Police say 54-year-old man Joseph Webster from Washtenaw County walked up to a teller and handed her a note claiming he had a bomb strapped to his body.

The fast-thinking teller hit the silent alarm while filling a bag with $1 bills -- until, police say, Webster demanded "bands of 50s and 100s." Another teller saw the situation unfolding and alerted Nabil Fawzi, 39, a long-time customer.

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He tells WXYZ.com he pulled out a .9 mm handgun (for which he had a CCW permit), racked a bullet in the chamber, pointed it at Webster and announced, "You are not robbing this bank!"

The startled Webster countered with, "but, I have a bomb" -- but Fawzi wasn't impressed. "I don't care. You are not robbing this bank!" was the reply from the other side of the gun. He then forced the Webster into a chair and held him at gunpoint until police arrived.

Police tell WXYZ.com there were no injuries, no issues with Fawzi's CCW permit, and no bomb found at the scene.

Once again, a criminal "brave" enough to disregard numerous laws and threaten a horrible death to numerous people immediately backs down and surrenders when in the presence of a legally armed citizen. Of special note is the fact that no one was injured and the criminal was safely held until police were able to respond at a later time. This is the case with the vast majority of justifiable armed self-defense encounters that occur ever year. Even given this fact, many businesses (including bank chains like Fifth Third) continue their discriminatory and dangerous policy of prohibiting their patrons' innate right to self-defense.