Jaybird1980
Grandmaster
There is no way to know if he had a weapon. What you do know is that he is not hopping the counter to deliver some donuts. He had no good intentions and the store employee has every reason to think the worst.I have no problem with this and would vote to acquit. They're robbing the place and as far as I'm concerned you are morally clear to shoot them once it's established that this is a robbery. If the guy comes over the counter during a robbery, that's just more threat icing on the cake. If the robbers don't have weapons, well, that's a "them" problem. We don't seem to put robbers in prison and keep them there anymore, so I'm all for on-the-spot voting them off the island.
That said I don't write Nevada law and I expect the forces of the state to go after this person with a vengeance far in excess of that they would apply to a robber who did the same to him.
They had the chance to leave with what they had and chose to escalate it further.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes. This is what defending yourself will look like if you're not allowed to use a gun for defense.