So, Daniel Pirtle, 45, decided to go to WalMart to do some shopping in Anchorage, Alaska.

Daniel is a double amputee, which I feel real bad about, so he has a service dog.   Only problem was that his service dog was running wild around the store.

So, along comes WalMart employee Jason Mahi, 33, who asked Pirtle “to place the animal under control.”

That, for some reason really hacked off Pirtle so he did what any grown man does when WalMart employees make unreasonable requests.

His request sparked an argument, during which Pirtle pull out a weapon and shoot Mahi in the stomach, witnesses said.

Gosh almighty.  That there might be what you call an over-response.  Thanks goodness, Mahi survived and was taken to the hospital, but not before Pirtle tried to escape in his electric vehicle.  Now I’m betting that his odds of outrunning the police in an electric wheelchair or, hell,  even a Prius were about the same as Rick Perry being elected President.

I wonder if Pirtle bought his gun and ammo at WalMart, which would move this story from better-than-average to outstanding.

I am also wondering if Mahi has one of those illusive WalMart employee health insurance plans.  That’s the story, Darlin’.

Thanks to Rick for the heads up.