Spartanburg, SC
Anyone who has spent any time in the southeast knows all about the Waffle House. They're open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, and on all holidays. They still use the old fashioned, short order cook language, with the waitress and the cook bantering back and forth.
A particular bit of Waffle House slang was an inspiration for a Hootie and the Blowfish album titled "Scattered, Covered and Smothered." The WH definition is 'scattered' on the grill, 'covered' in onions, and 'smothered' in cheese. Oh yea, their food is a heart attack looking for a place to happen.
But there's always their famous coffee and sweet tea....which is always free to first responders.
And considering they are open 24/7, the customers and clientele are always varied. From cops, truckers, blue collar workers, and of course, the after night club crowd. With that last thought, some Waffle Houses have been forced to hire off duty cops on Friday and Saturday nights just to deter some of the problems associated with alcohol consumption. So it seems pretty clear that there's always someone in a Waffle House.
It is said that if there is a Waffle House open following a disaster, it's a positive sign that things are recovering. It's a sign of normalcy. An oasis in the middle of a desert.
Imagine some moronic thug and his friend who hatch this ingenious plan to rob a Waffle House. It tends to conjure up hilarious laughter from cops. Even if a robbery or other crime went down successfully, I have found that waitresses and cooks have pretty good memories and take criminal matters upon their turf rather personally.
So here we have 2 black male thugs who attempt to rob a Waffle House at 1:15 a.m.
A customer in the restaurant was a concealed weapon permit holder and he was armed. The permit holder attempted to detain the robber at gun point until the arrival of police. However, one robber was stupid enough to point his handgun at the permit holder. 19 year old Dante Lamont Williams was shot and killed by this armed law abiding citizen. He was shot once in the head and once in the chest. The other robber fled the scene.
According to the Law Abiding Citizen's Self Defense Act, and the Protection of Persons and Property Act, the CWP holder has the right to employ deadly force in self defense, defense of a third person, or to prevent the commission of a dangerous felony.
Williams and his cohort were clearly armed and presenting a threat. What I see is that a law abiding citizen took the appropriate action necessary to eliminate a threat. Unless the CWP holder violated the terms or conditions in their permit, (for example, the Waffle House could have had a sign prohibiting concealed weapons upon their premises), then it is clear that the CWP holder not only acted within the legal limits of the law, he also did the world a favor.
Anyone who has spent any time in the southeast knows all about the Waffle House. They're open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, and on all holidays. They still use the old fashioned, short order cook language, with the waitress and the cook bantering back and forth.
A particular bit of Waffle House slang was an inspiration for a Hootie and the Blowfish album titled "Scattered, Covered and Smothered." The WH definition is 'scattered' on the grill, 'covered' in onions, and 'smothered' in cheese. Oh yea, their food is a heart attack looking for a place to happen.
But there's always their famous coffee and sweet tea....which is always free to first responders.
And considering they are open 24/7, the customers and clientele are always varied. From cops, truckers, blue collar workers, and of course, the after night club crowd. With that last thought, some Waffle Houses have been forced to hire off duty cops on Friday and Saturday nights just to deter some of the problems associated with alcohol consumption. So it seems pretty clear that there's always someone in a Waffle House.
It is said that if there is a Waffle House open following a disaster, it's a positive sign that things are recovering. It's a sign of normalcy. An oasis in the middle of a desert.
Imagine some moronic thug and his friend who hatch this ingenious plan to rob a Waffle House. It tends to conjure up hilarious laughter from cops. Even if a robbery or other crime went down successfully, I have found that waitresses and cooks have pretty good memories and take criminal matters upon their turf rather personally.
So here we have 2 black male thugs who attempt to rob a Waffle House at 1:15 a.m.
A customer in the restaurant was a concealed weapon permit holder and he was armed. The permit holder attempted to detain the robber at gun point until the arrival of police. However, one robber was stupid enough to point his handgun at the permit holder. 19 year old Dante Lamont Williams was shot and killed by this armed law abiding citizen. He was shot once in the head and once in the chest. The other robber fled the scene.
According to the Law Abiding Citizen's Self Defense Act, and the Protection of Persons and Property Act, the CWP holder has the right to employ deadly force in self defense, defense of a third person, or to prevent the commission of a dangerous felony.
Williams and his cohort were clearly armed and presenting a threat. What I see is that a law abiding citizen took the appropriate action necessary to eliminate a threat. Unless the CWP holder violated the terms or conditions in their permit, (for example, the Waffle House could have had a sign prohibiting concealed weapons upon their premises), then it is clear that the CWP holder not only acted within the legal limits of the law, he also did the world a favor.
