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Heist · July 16, 2005, 03:58 AM

After a brief foray into your town's new Walmart supercenter to pick up some rechargeable batteries, you are about to check into one of the registers near the set of doors next to the food section, on the right hand side of the store if you were at the back looking out. The immediate area you are in isn't any more crowded than normal, if anything the foot traffic through has lessened for the moment and there are a few people ahead of you in line, positioning you to eye the front page article in Weekly World News about Bill Clinton's alien baby which will be Hillary's running mate.

Suddenly you hear a gunshot and screams at the entrance. A man is yelling and screaming, like a psycho on a shooting spree or a very deranged robber. He punctuates his sentences with random gunshots. Your view is blocked by checkout aisle dividers. Two or three have gone off since the first shot and you are ducking down and looking around as you feel the adrenaline dump into your body. Screams are filling the store and people are panicking, the cashier for your lane is huddled down on her mat with her hands over her ears.

No one has done anything yet and you don't see store security, for all you know some of them just got wasted. Fighting your shaking hands you pull the 4" sharp and heavy sheath knife from your belt clip. You have no firearms, only the knife.

The extremely violent or crazy man in question is moving through the main aisles of the store, coming around the checkout lanes and heading toward the other exit down the main 'front aisle' of the store. You know this because he is snarling and spitting out obscenities constantly, and his boots thump.

He can't see you, but he'll be able to in a few moments when he passes the lane you are in.

Alternate scenario: you defy the confinements of this post and whip out your trusty handgun and shoot the guy anyway. Aside from a few interesting ideas on walmart checkout lane tactics, this is already a given that someone with a gun who has moderate training will have a high chance of winning against an armed attacker if he initiates a violent counterattack.

Bonus alternate scenario: the man in question instead of shouting curse words is repeatedly yelling "Allahu akbar!".

July 16, 2005, 03:58 AM	#1
Heist Junior member Join Date: June 6, 2005 Location: ETN, Again Posts: 760	Supercenter Scenario After a brief foray into your town's new Walmart supercenter to pick up some rechargeable batteries, you are about to check into one of the registers near the set of doors next to the food section, on the right hand side of the store if you were at the back looking out. The immediate area you are in isn't any more crowded than normal, if anything the foot traffic through has lessened for the moment and there are a few people ahead of you in line, positioning you to eye the front page article in Weekly World News about Bill Clinton's alien baby which will be Hillary's running mate. Suddenly you hear a gunshot and screams at the entrance. A man is yelling and screaming, like a psycho on a shooting spree or a very deranged robber. He punctuates his sentences with random gunshots. Your view is blocked by checkout aisle dividers. Two or three have gone off since the first shot and you are ducking down and looking around as you feel the adrenaline dump into your body. Screams are filling the store and people are panicking, the cashier for your lane is huddled down on her mat with her hands over her ears. No one has done anything yet and you don't see store security, for all you know some of them just got wasted. Fighting your shaking hands you pull the 4" sharp and heavy sheath knife from your belt clip. You have no firearms, only the knife. The extremely violent or crazy man in question is moving through the main aisles of the store, coming around the checkout lanes and heading toward the other exit down the main 'front aisle' of the store. You know this because he is snarling and spitting out obscenities constantly, and his boots thump. He can't see you, but he'll be able to in a few moments when he passes the lane you are in. Alternate scenario: you defy the confinements of this post and whip out your trusty handgun and shoot the guy anyway. Aside from a few interesting ideas on walmart checkout lane tactics, this is already a given that someone with a gun who has moderate training will have a high chance of winning against an armed attacker if he initiates a violent counterattack. Bonus alternate scenario: the man in question instead of shouting curse words is repeatedly yelling "Allahu akbar!".