Gotta watch them mom and pop places!

Thrawn · 01-26-2005, 10:19 AM

Country store becomes shootout site

Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Posted: 7:38 AM EST (1238 GMT)

Gloria Turner and Bobby Doster, stand in their store in Hutchins, Georgia.

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- \When two men walked into a popular country store outside Atlanta, announced a holdup and fired a shot, owners Bobby and Gloria Doster never hesitated. The pair pulled out their own pistols and opened fire.

The armed suspect and his partner were killed. The Dosters won't be charged, according to local officials, because they were acting in self-defense.

"I just started shooting," said Gloria Doster, 56. "I was trying to blow his brains out is what I was trying to do."

Shoats Grocery & Package near Crawford, 70 miles east of Atlanta, is a well-known spot where locals stop for breakfast biscuits or lunch. Gloria Doster said the two men who came there Monday had something else in mind.

She was rearranging boxes of soda by the store's front door when a man wearing a wig walked inside, the fake hair draped in front of his face.

"I asked him, 'Can you see to walk?"' Doster said. Then she noticed a second man behind him wearing a mask. He announced a holdup.

One man grabbed Gloria Doster and pushed her toward the register. She said the other kept his gun on her 62-year-old husband, who also goes by the name Shoats.

She said she tried to open the register, but one of the men told her she wasn't moving fast enough and tried to shoot her husband. He missed -- and his gun jammed.

At that point, Bobby Doster pulled out a .380-caliber handgun and shot one of the suspects. Gloria Doster then went for a 9 mm pistol she keeps near the register.

"All hell broke loose," she said. "I was trying to shoot and dial 911 at the same time."

Both suspects took cover behind the store's meat counter as the Dosters opened fire. Gloria Doster said she doesn't know how many bullets were fired, or how many times the suspects were hit.

Police arrived about five minutes after receiving Gloria Doster's call; the suspects died a short time later at a hospital.

The bloodshed, nevertheless, startled Gloria Doster, who has been around guns all her life, and has used them for target shooting. "But I never figured I'd have to use them on anybody," she said.

She said the worst thing that's happened in the seven years the couple has owned the store was an after-hours break-in by teenagers three years ago. The burglars were promptly arrested.

Rave · 01-26-2005, 10:39 AM

I love happy endings,don't think those folks will be repeat offenders!

Stopper · 01-26-2005, 10:42 AM

Now that is a happy ending, hope it doesn't affect them in any adverse way. They stood up and protected themseleves!!! I'd eat breakfast there anytime!!

Thrawn · 01-26-2005, 10:51 AM

Those idiots must have thought that was going to be an easy job, luckily the owners were armed and knew how to use thier weopons. No telling how this would have turned out if they were unarmed, lots of VIOLENT criminals in Atlanta.

Shaun · 01-26-2005, 11:25 AM

sounds like a happy ending to me

gunssb · 01-26-2005, 12:01 PM

bravo

PAPA G · 01-26-2005, 12:10 PM

don't mess with country folk!!! it's great, 2 more no longer scraping the bottom of the gene pool.

NRAJOE · 01-26-2005, 12:57 PM

HUZZAH!

Bookman · 01-26-2005, 03:11 PM

WAY TO GO!

But wait, don't The Big Gun Writers say that a .380 is a "mouse gun"? Useless in a gun fight?

Don't they say we all must have a titanium plated uber-magnum of at least 8000 caliber? Firing a hollow-head razor honed schreckenround ! Plutonium glow-sights! Octopus ambridextrous levers! With a rail!

To listen to some writers, it's a wonder these good folks survived . . .

Big Dog · 01-26-2005, 04:33 PM

As a wise man once said, "It's the MAN! Not the MACHINE!" Or in this case, the woman.

I grew up knowing of several country store owners who were packin'! A few gas station attendants too.
These would-be Gangsta's were stupid - dead stupid!

Oxford · 01-26-2005, 04:48 PM

Bookman's post really caught my interest. I agree with him fully. :right: He wrote:

Quote:

But wait, don't The Big Gun Writers say that a .380 is a "mouse gun"? Useless in a gun fight?

Don't they say we all must have a titanium plated uber-magnum of at least 8000 caliber? Firing a hollow-head razor honed schreckenround ! Plutonium glow-sights! Octopus ambridextrous levers! With a rail!

To listen to some writers, it's a wonder these good folks survived . . .

gunssb · 01-26-2005, 04:55 PM

so I get the go ahead to get that sub $100 .380 hi-point ?

toolman · 01-26-2005, 11:29 PM

These folks have my undying respect and sympathy as well. Most folks have a hard time dealing with killing another human being even if they really needed it. BIG THUMBS UP!

NorCalAshnjikov · 01-26-2005, 11:42 PM

"Gotta watch them mom and pop places!"? :insane: So you're warning criminals!?

Gyrene · 01-26-2005, 11:57 PM

Several shots from a well aimed .22 rimfire can do the job, too, but I personally would like to have a more powerful one of my personal choice handy for such an emergency. Probably either of my S&W's 586 or 686 .357 magnums, because wheelguns tend to be more reliable than semi-autos (one of the bad guys' guns jammed, and it was probably a 9mm semi-auto). I think that using a .357 would be a more practical approach than using my favorites the .500 S&W, my S&W Model 57 .41 Magnum, or my S&W 610 10mm (if you will take notice, my choices are all wheelguns).

With both of the bad guys being armed, I wouldn't want to get them all riled up with wounds. Anyone thinking a .380 or a 9mm won't take them out, had better get out of the business. Personally I would rather use something that I have, and has been proven over and over again to be a good man stopper, a .357 Magnum, and since I have them as alternatives, I think I would have one of them at my store, for defense.

I have one 9mm 00, 9mm Kurz, 380, a Browning 1910, and it shoots exactly where you point it out to 25 yards, but since it is a semi-auto and really hard for me to squeeze the handgrip safety (my hands are too big for it) and the trigger at the same time, I certainly wouldn't want to have to use it to defend my life or anyone elses.

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01-26-2005, 10:19 AM	#1
Thrawn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Okeefenokee Posts: 1,618 Images: 6	Gotta watch them mom and pop places! Country store becomes shootout site Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Posted: 7:38 AM EST (1238 GMT) Gloria Turner and Bobby Doster, stand in their store in Hutchins, Georgia. ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- \When two men walked into a popular country store outside Atlanta, announced a holdup and fired a shot, owners Bobby and Gloria Doster never hesitated. The pair pulled out their own pistols and opened fire. The armed suspect and his partner were killed. The Dosters won't be charged, according to local officials, because they were acting in self-defense. "I just started shooting," said Gloria Doster, 56. "I was trying to blow his brains out is what I was trying to do." Shoats Grocery & Package near Crawford, 70 miles east of Atlanta, is a well-known spot where locals stop for breakfast biscuits or lunch. Gloria Doster said the two men who came there Monday had something else in mind. She was rearranging boxes of soda by the store's front door when a man wearing a wig walked inside, the fake hair draped in front of his face. "I asked him, 'Can you see to walk?"' Doster said. Then she noticed a second man behind him wearing a mask. He announced a holdup. One man grabbed Gloria Doster and pushed her toward the register. She said the other kept his gun on her 62-year-old husband, who also goes by the name Shoats. She said she tried to open the register, but one of the men told her she wasn't moving fast enough and tried to shoot her husband. He missed -- and his gun jammed. At that point, Bobby Doster pulled out a .380-caliber handgun and shot one of the suspects. Gloria Doster then went for a 9 mm pistol she keeps near the register. "All hell broke loose," she said. "I was trying to shoot and dial 911 at the same time." Both suspects took cover behind the store's meat counter as the Dosters opened fire. Gloria Doster said she doesn't know how many bullets were fired, or how many times the suspects were hit. Police arrived about five minutes after receiving Gloria Doster's call; the suspects died a short time later at a hospital. The bloodshed, nevertheless, startled Gloria Doster, who has been around guns all her life, and has used them for target shooting. "But I never figured I'd have to use them on anybody," she said. She said the worst thing that's happened in the seven years the couple has owned the store was an after-hours break-in by teenagers three years ago. The burglars were promptly arrested. Last edited by Thrawn; 01-26-2005 at 10:45 AM.

01-26-2005, 10:39 AM	#2
Rave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 6,877	I love happy endings,don't think those folks will be repeat offenders! __________________ USAF '62-'66 .

01-26-2005, 10:42 AM	#3
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,211 Images: 1	Now that is a happy ending, hope it doesn't affect them in any adverse way. They stood up and protected themseleves!!! I'd eat breakfast there anytime!! __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"

01-26-2005, 10:51 AM	#4
Thrawn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Okeefenokee Posts: 1,618 Images: 6	It says no charges will be pressed Those idiots must have thought that was going to be an easy job, luckily the owners were armed and knew how to use thier weopons. No telling how this would have turned out if they were unarmed, lots of VIOLENT criminals in Atlanta.

01-26-2005, 11:25 AM	#5
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,592 Images: 1	sounds like a happy ending to me __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

01-26-2005, 12:01 PM	#6
gunssb Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: socal Posts: 1,833	bravo

01-26-2005, 12:10 PM	#7
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 12	don't mess with country folk!!! it's great, 2 more no longer scraping the bottom of the gene pool.

01-26-2005, 12:57 PM	#8
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,052 Images: 3	HUZZAH! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

01-26-2005, 03:11 PM	#9
Bookman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: 10 paces south of Canada Posts: 738	WAY TO GO! But wait, don't The Big Gun Writers say that a .380 is a "mouse gun"? Useless in a gun fight? Don't they say we all must have a titanium plated uber-magnum of at least 8000 caliber? Firing a hollow-head razor honed schreckenround ! Plutonium glow-sights! Octopus ambridextrous levers! With a rail! To listen to some writers, it's a wonder these good folks survived . . .

01-26-2005, 04:33 PM	#10
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,219	As a wise man once said, "It's the MAN! Not the MACHINE!" Or in this case, the woman. I grew up knowing of several country store owners who were packin'! A few gas station attendants too. These would-be Gangsta's were stupid - dead stupid! __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

01-26-2005, 04:55 PM	#12
gunssb Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: socal Posts: 1,833	so I get the go ahead to get that sub $100 .380 hi-point ?

01-26-2005, 11:29 PM	#13
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,582 Blog Entries: 22	These folks have my undying respect and sympathy as well. Most folks have a hard time dealing with killing another human being even if they really needed it. BIG THUMBS UP! __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

01-26-2005, 11:42 PM	#14
NorCalAshnjikov Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 688 Images: 1	"Gotta watch them mom and pop places!"? :insane: So you're warning criminals!?

01-26-2005, 11:57 PM	#15
Gyrene Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: CA Posts: 886	Several shots from a well aimed .22 rimfire can do the job, too, but I personally would like to have a more powerful one of my personal choice handy for such an emergency. Probably either of my S&W's 586 or 686 .357 magnums, because wheelguns tend to be more reliable than semi-autos (one of the bad guys' guns jammed, and it was probably a 9mm semi-auto). I think that using a .357 would be a more practical approach than using my favorites the .500 S&W, my S&W Model 57 .41 Magnum, or my S&W 610 10mm (if you will take notice, my choices are all wheelguns). With both of the bad guys being armed, I wouldn't want to get them all riled up with wounds. Anyone thinking a .380 or a 9mm won't take them out, had better get out of the business. Personally I would rather use something that I have, and has been proven over and over again to be a good man stopper, a .357 Magnum, and since I have them as alternatives, I think I would have one of them at my store, for defense. I have one 9mm 00, 9mm Kurz, 380, a Browning 1910, and it shoots exactly where you point it out to 25 yards, but since it is a semi-auto and really hard for me to squeeze the handgrip safety (my hands are too big for it) and the trigger at the same time, I certainly wouldn't want to have to use it to defend my life or anyone elses. `