Somebody replied today to my post on The High Road forum…..
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Should be a lot more difficult to lose that one now!
Many years ago, we had a local gunshop owner who took advantage of a slow business day to disassemble his normal carry gun- a Browning High Power- for cleaning. He did have a pistol gripped 12Ga. under the counter and was wearing one of those NAA belt-buckle guns, so I guess he thought it was an acceptable risk. There was also an 80-lb German Shepherd and a Giant African Parrot patrolling around the shop as well.
As luck would have it, a customer came in and started chatting him up about this and that, luring him away from the main counter, before pulling a .357 and demanding he lock the front door.
The shop owner, caught cold, put up his hands and was moving to comply, when the bird, which had been perched quietly on a wooden roost near the entrance, reached out and clipped off a chunk of the robbers' face.
The perp, momentarily stunned, tried to staunch the wound with his gun-hand, giving the proprietor time to draw and fire his NAA, killing the robber.
Apparently, the bad guy didn't realize either the bird or the belt-buckle gun were real.....
Oh, and the Shepherd just sat on the floor the whole time, watching it go down. The shop owner later had a sign made for the front door that read "Forget the Dog, Beware of Parrot."