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The clerk was doing great until he walked out that door... the "threat" was leaving and if he'd shot him out in the street, he had lost his protection of "protecting life and property." Get the doofus out the door (at gunpoint if necessary), LOCK the door, and call the cops.
Doing OK except not keeping distance between himself and the threat
Yeah, that too.
Also only one hand on the gun, and casually lowering it to his side before the threat was even out of the store :)
Well, yes, but as statistics have shown, and the NRA says frequently, often the mere presence of a gun is enough to calm down a volatile situation. The store clerk was lucky, the perp was compliant once he saw the gun, and it ended OK. But I don't want to wager my life on "OK"... if confronted with that situation, I think I would have used better tactics.
His only mistake was hesitating. Shooting him the moment he got his firearm out, while still entangled with the criminal, automatic walk.
Like you said, the crim was 'no longer an immediate threat' when he walked out of the shop.