A brazen robber in Missouri got the drop on a clerk, but the clerk was unfazed—drawing his own weapon and pointing it straight in his assailant’s mouth.

John Lewis Alexander—a 30-year military man and veteran of four tours in Iraq; a former prison guard, private investigator, professional extraditor of federal prisoners… and proud owner of a Walther PPX 9mm handgun—was obviously the wrong choice for this robber, who then backed out of the store and fled.

Read more at news-leader.com.