Employee for ''no-guns'' newspaper carjacked outside work

The Mansfield News Journal is reporting that one of its ad sales people was carjacked by a 15 year-old boy who put a gun to his head in the News Journal parking lot at 70 W. Fourth St. in broad daylight.

The News Journal offers no explanation for why the employee, who was inside his truck with the engine running when confronted, didn't "just drive away", as Ohio State Highway Patrol Captain John Born once suggested as an sufficient self-defense alternative in the event of an attack.

Nor does the employer inform readers whether they feel at all responsible for a policy which disallows this man his right to choose to bear arms for self-defense.

Fortunately for the News Journal employee, the carjacker waited until police began their high-speed chase to start firing his gun.

The employee told the newspaper that when he returns to work, he is "going to try to be more aware of my surroundings. I'm sure I'll be a little bit more wary."

Not that he'll be able to do anything about it if he sees the criminal coming next time.

This man was extremely lucky. As the following stories prove, criminals don't always let you go:

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