http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/best_buy_employee_tackles_laptop_thief_receives_pink_slip
"Roger, you admitted that on March 28, 2011, you pursued a shoplifter and engaged in physical force to apprehend this shoplifter," the one-page notice said. "This is a violation of Best Buy's Inappropriate Conduct Policy which states that employees are prohibited from 'pursuing shoplifters under any circumstance or using physical force to detain shoplifters' and ground for termination. Your employment with Best Buy is terminated, effective immediately."
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Good point. Maybe the "real" LP aren't direct employees.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pussification
Also, I've seen plenty of videos of shoplifters getting the shit tackled out of them.
Visible gun > store employee.