I hate a thief!

I just had to vent and also count my blessings. My girlfriend, Dragonfly, was robbed while at work today in Macon! The scum ran into the office right about lunch time today in a shopping plaza with all kinds of people around. She is pretty upset, which I would be to if I had that trash point a gun at me. Macon is getting worse by the day. There have been numerous robberies and more than one a day over the last few weeks. Armed robbers need to be dealt with and I don't mean with my tax $$. We just spent a wonderful day yesterday, and I almost had that taken away today. If you are planning to do anything in Macon in the future, you need to have a plan and be aware of your surroundings. The police can only or are only doing so much to prevent this. If a few of these robbers didn't make it out of the store, I think there would be fewer attempts. Ya'll keep her and her coworkers in your prayers.

Just be thankful she is not hurt.. God bless her and her co-workers that they get over this.
I have never carried a gun but I started back in the spring. If I am working I am packin heat.

Just glad to hear she nor her co-workers wasnt hurt Shine Runner. Money or material things can always be replaced. I'm with ya though...cannot stand a thief. They'll get theirs in due time AND hopefully before they hurt someone.

Amen brother when are we going wake up glad everyone is alright thank God.

Wow, that is terrible, I hope they catch the person who did this and put them under the jail.Tell Dragonfly to hang in there and thank goodness no one was hurt. As far as packing heat, I have a license and am always checking the scene out for anything suspicious,I would not take the law into my own hands unless it were a life or death situation,but if it comes to that, it will happen with no doubts.

Dan, I feel for you all. Sure am glad she's alright physically it'll just take a little time to get over it mentally. You're right though. If less of them got away with it fewer would try. It always seems to happen more around the Holidays.

Everyone needs a carry permit and a handgun but not without some type training on when and how to use it. My son and I went out and practiced with a 45 and 9mm yesterday. We shot about two hundred rounds. I do not want to shoot anyone but if I am put it the situation I will be their HUCKLEBERRY. If your employer will not let you carry a gun do it anyway and keep your mouth shut. Remember I had rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.. Thank the Good Lord no one was hurt in the above situation.

i ran a store in the west end or the alt for 1 1/2 and was robed 3 times wile there all at gun point now i work for myself it isnt worth it i tryed to get the poeple i worked for to move me to a safer part of town and they said no sorry nobody else would come here its yours lol i guess i showed them it wasnt

I was robbed while working at a liquor store while in college. The robbers made us lie down on the floor. Those few minutes of wondering if you were about to get shot in the back of the head was pretty scary. It took me quite a while to not think about it, but you always will remember it. I was born and raised in Macon. I work that territory about 2-3 times per month. I hate being approached by drug addict, drunk homeless people at every traffic light and every parking lot I stop in. Hell Atlanta is not as bad as Macon, GA. The homeless have pretty much told police that they are going to live under the bridges at every off ramp and there is nothing the police can do about it. Nobody goes to the Macon Mall anymore because the thugs have taken it over. They have to build a new mall further out of town every few years. I guess they hope the urban thugs will not go out so far. My wife has a right to carry permit and keeps a hammerless 38 with her at all times. I just pray that this new administration will not try and disarm America. If the liberals and the UN get their way that is exactly what will happen.

The reason I ask is that one political blog I read a lot (redstate.com) is run by a lawyer from Macon. He had a post awhile back complaining that the mayor of Macon was pretty worthless.

Sorry to hear about this Shine. I am glad dragonfly is ok. That was probably one of the worst things she had ever experienced.

We are having a lot of the same problem in Savannah where I work. A couple store owners have fought back and shot the robber. We currently have a robbery task force out, which has helped slow the robberies down during the holidays.

As for Macon, I don't think there has been a mayor or other offical interested in anything other than everything besides Macon. That lawyer is probably right. A town of that size should not be that far out of whack. Corruption is deep and across the board. Heck even the Magistrate Court is useless, unless it pockets them some cash on the side!

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The reason I ask is that one political blog I read a lot (redstate.com) is run by a lawyer from Macon. He had a post awhile back complaining that the mayor of Macon was pretty worthless.

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Sorry to hear about this Shine. I am glad dragonfly is ok. That was probably one of the worst things she had ever experienced.

We are having a lot of the same problem in Savannah where I work. A couple store owners have fought back and shot the robber. We currently have a robbery task force out, which has helped slow the robberies down during the holidays.

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She definitely is still feeling the effects. Time for a career change. And a trip to a gun shop and then to the target range. She can shoot a shotgun and rifle pretty well. I am sure she can handle a handgun. Guess I better not make her mad!!!!! I know there are still some parts of the state that are trying to make the quality of life better, but it ain't middle GA. Check out Macon.com and 13WMAZ.com and read back a while. Make you sick. Makes me want to get some chain for other reasons than wind on the lake.

Hamp Swain at Eagle Gun Range is the best instructor in the Macon area. Safety is at forefront of his program.

Tell Dragonfly I am glad no one was hurt and I'm praying for her. Career change would be my next move too.

I guess we need to bring back Ronnie Thompson and his tank. People use to laugh about that but it's not funny anymore. A few tanks and National Guard out roaming the streets might be what we need. We watch Irag, Israel and other coutries on TV where shooting, bombings and killings are bad, but it's getting bad here.

Can't stand them, my wife was robbed before we got married and we live in a rinky dink town. She will never carry but I will someday. We need a little/LOT more texas justice and to bring back so major work camps and maybe once the armed robbers start seeing it they will think twice. No pay and work for food. Swingin the hammers in the pits and mines.

My dad has a use for mothballed cooling towers from Nuke plants. Put a series or cells all the way up and down them. Leave a channel in the middle for one thing. The channel has a simple sign." Go ahead and Riot" with all of them knowing that there is a jar of acid at the bottom with a handful of cyanide tablets at the top.

taurus makes a wonderful gun called the judge. its a 45/410. it shoots sweet. chuck in warner robins and bo in roberta get about 429 for it. acadamy sports wants 479 for it. if your lady gets her hands on it and shoots it she will instantly fall in love with it. it is sweet.

Thanks ya'll. Her 1st day back to work since the incident was today. She spent most of the day checking on openings closer to home. I have been looking at that same gun even before the junk that happened last Friday. That is a very nice gun. I would want two. One for her, and one for me. It would make one heck of a snake charmer too! Night fishing would be safer too.....no snakes around the boat and no scum at the boat ramp.

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taurus makes a wonderful gun called the judge. its a 45/410. it shoots sweet. chuck in warner robins and bo in roberta get about 429 for it. acadamy sports wants 479 for it. if your lady gets her hands on it and shoots it she will instantly fall in love with it. it is sweet.

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I dont know about macon but I do know that since kennesaw ga. started requiring gun ownership of its citizens crime has gone way down.Men and guns are o.k.Women and guns well, thats a different story. You have to make sure that when face to face they dont choke up and let the criminal just reach out and take it out of their hand.Trust me,pscycological preparedness is just as important as target practice.

Dan, I'm sorry that Dragonfly had to experience that. Thank the Lord that she was not physically harmed. Her biggest scars will be mental. I'm sure that you will give her all the support she needs. You are in my prayers. A handgun is a very effective personal defense tool in the right hands. Just make sure that she is prepared to use it when the time comes.

sorry to hear this shine hope she will be ok. My mom works in the beauty shope in Boomfiled Village. The CVS next to her was robed on the 30th and the lootery store on the other side of her was robed on the 31st.It is getting bab all around Macon

Macon is getting really bad and I don't see any end in sight. These people are getting so blatent about it. I would love to hear of some of them getting shot trying to make their escape. I don't think that the police dept. or the sheffifs dept. are capable of doing anything about it or at least it dosen't seem so. When we lived in Macon, our house was broken into about three times. At one point I took off work and parked my truck way up the road and came back to the house and sat in the living room in the dark and in the corner with a .357 in my lap just waiting for some MF to come in. It didn't happen and now im glad because I'd probably be in jail. Something needs to be done. We no longer live in Macon and if we shop in Macon its on the Zebulon Road side and I go nowhere with out "ole bessie".

Bluegill

Bibb County and Macon could take a lesson from Houston County! There was a convenience store robbed Monday night here in Perry about a mile from my home. It happened about 10 PM. There was a State Patrol helicopter and tracking dogs used to apprehend all 3 "suspects" before midnight!!!!!!!!!! My hats off to the law enforcement in Houston County and the different departments in Houston County.

I will agree You see them every where here in Warner Robins. My hats off to them