In Charlotte, NC, a guy on a bus stands up and demands to be let off between stops. The bus driver refuses. The guy pulls a gun. The bus driver pulls a gun. They start shooting. The guy gets the worst of it. The bus driver gets fired.

Why?

Because company policy prohibits employees from carrying firearms while on duty. And most of all, he could have just let the guy off the bus. No one was made safer by the presence of the driver's gun. It ended in a gun battle in an enclosed space, putting everyone at risk. To me, this is the sort of mindset that comes with people carrying guns in public - give a guy a bugle and he's going to blow it. And North Carolina is a "stand your ground" state", with no duty to retreat or try to end a situation without firing your own gun. This is a foreseeable outcome of such a law. North Carolina is a shall-issue, open carry without a permit state. Glad to see it is working out for them.

Armed bus drivers. Sheesh.