No Good Deed Goes Unpunished–Man Saves Woman’s Life, so His Bosses Fire Him
One of my favorite sayings is “No good deed goes unpunished,” and the story of Colin Bruley (pictured), a heroic Florida man, is another example. From Jim Schoettler’s ‘You’re fired,’ man hears after saving a woman’s life (Jacksonville Times-Union, 6/18/07):
“When a neighbor screamed she’d been shot, Colin Bruley grabbed his shotgun, found the victim and began treating her bloodied right leg.
“Tonnetta Lee survived Tuesday’s pre-dawn shooting at her Jacksonville apartment, and her sister and a neighbor praised Bruley’s actions. But his employers, the same people who own the Arlington complex where Bruley lives, reacted differently. They fired him.
“Bruley, a leasing agent at the Oaks at Mill Creek, said he lost his job after being told that brandishing the weapon was a workplace violation, as was failing to notify supervisors after the incident occurred. He’d worked at the Monument Road complex since December and for the owner, Village Green Cos., since 2005.
“Bruley said he was too shaken to call his supervisor immediately after the incident, which occurred just before 2 a.m., but planned to eventually do so. He also said he was acting as a citizen, not an employee, and shouldn’t have been punished for trying to protect himself and others. He never fired the shotgun.”
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June 23rd, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Yet one more example of the gun grabbers’ attempts to subvert the Second Amendment. In a sane world, Bruley’s former employers would call him a hero, but when political correctness rules, we get this nonsense instead.
Hopefully, someone in Florida who believes in the right to self defense will see Bruley for the hero he is, and hire him to a better job.
June 23rd, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Melbourne, Australia (not the Florida one) last week. A man was argueing with a woman in the street. Two men chivalrously intervened. Both were shot at point blank range. One is dead, the other still on the critical list.
The shooter was a crim of course. The ordinary men were law abiding and hence not allowed handguns. If they had been allowed, no doubt they would have been charged at the hospital.
Its a mad world. Bugger chivalry.