Here's why it's not a good idea to barge into a bank waving a gun....

....Because there might be a former deputy sheriff working as a security guard who actually knows how to use a gun.


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A bank security guard in Illinois who fatally shot an armed would-be robber will not face charges, authorities said Tuesday.

Brian Harrison acted heroically, authorities say, as he pulled his weapon and fired repeatedly at suspect Laurence Turner at the Alpine Bank in Rockford on Jan. 20. The dramatic incident was caught on surveillance video. [via New York Daily News}

Laurence Turner waves gun inside the Alpine Bank
in Rockford, Illinois. (Scroll to 4:30 on the video
to see this angle.)

Turner falls to floor after being shot dead by former
deputy sheriff Brian Harrison.