five days after this incident, hoven was fired.s he was told that he violated company policy. walgreens issued a statement that said "store employees receive comprehensive training on how to react and respond to a potential robbery situation. law enforcement strongly advises against confrontation of crime suspects." hoven is now suing walgreens in federal court charging wrongful termination. police say there are no arrests in this incident, the gunmen are still at large and hoven's attorney says he's coping with the emotional toll of not only the attempted robbery but of losing his job. >> john yang, thanks. >>> you might not see the connection between the pledge of allegiance but in school bullying but in brookline, massachusetts, there are critics who say the pledge should be banned because it divides people. it goes against tolerance, as you might imagine, supporters of the pledge are up in arms there in brookline. marty rosenthal is the co-chair of brookline pacts, and jeff jacoby, good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: ma

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the gunman jumped the counter and pointed at hoven but the gun did not go off. hoeven pointed his own gun trying to call 911. >> i feared for my life. in self-defense i fired my weapon as i continued to move from him. >> no life was lost. no life was harmed. nothing was stolen. so in that context, i think he was a hero. >> it's a remarkable story. hoeven bought his gun after the store was robbed in 2007. he has a concealed weapons permit but did not inform his supervisor and that's part of the reason walgreens says they fired him saying employees receive comprehensive training on how to respond to potential robbery situations. hoeven is suing for wrongful termination. >>> developing stories overseas. at least 75 are dead in the aftermath of a fiery explosion in kenya. officials say more than 100 people suffered severe burns in today's blast in a poor area of nairobi. investigators say a fuel line exploded after a gas tank spilled fuel into an open sewer flowing through the slum. one witness claims she saw people trying to siphon fuel from the leaking line before

. >> reporter: he turns, aims his gun at hoven. >> i feared forr my life.pted to fire upon me. >> reporter: thee times, says hoven. but for some reason, the gun wouldn't fire. >> in self-defense, i fired my web. >> reporter: the robbers run out in a panic. while thoeb got hurt. some would see his actions as heroic, wall greens does not. five days later, despite the fact he had a permit to carry a gun, he was fired for violating company policy. >> at no time with my i employment was i advised of, given a copy of, or discussed with management a nonescalation policy. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news, walgreens stands by hind their policies. they say they're designed for the safety of employees. hoven is fighting back with a wrongful termination suit. >> he's saying he was fired in violation of michigan public policy. citizens of michigan have a right to defend themselves and that walgreens violated his right to self-defense by firing him. >> the reason he started carrying a gun in the first place was this same pharmacy was held up in 2007. since getting

hoven is saying, wallgreen's violating his rights of self-defense by firing him.t do you make of this? >> yeah, that's about it in a nutshell. he certainly is suing them for firing him. he is saying this was wrongful termination. a federal lawsuit. and it is very true that in michigan, you have to have a permit to have a concealed gun, and he had that permit. so brooke, this is really odd case. i mean, bottom line is wallgreen's says they have a policy. their policy a nonescalation policy. that is a policy we see all over the country. statistical statistically, that's the safest route. we have a statement from wallgreen's. what it says is our policies in this area are designed to maintain the maximum safety of our customers and employees. store employees receive comprehensive training on our company's robbery procedures. now he says he never saw these procedures. and how to react it a potential robbery situation. you know what i think is so interesting about this, brooke? >> what's that? >> there was a robbery in this same store, an armed robbery, a couple years a

jeremy hoven disobeyed the rules, violated the policy that he signed off on. absolutely. >> bill: that's beyond a reasonable doubt. >> beyond a reasonable doubt. here is the thing, in my many conversations with walgreen's, all of them down the ladder over this last week, i kept saying, wait a second. yes, he violated the policy. can't you make an exception? very narrowly tailored exception for this one guy, this one incident? and they say no. >> bill: what they should have done -- put the picture up there again. i know you'll agree with me, guilfoyle, because you know i am the voice of reason. >> always. >> bill: they should have suspended him. >> i agree. >> bill: a reprimand and say we don't want any -- but in this case, you let it go because it was so extreme, and but don't anybody ever do it again. >> you understand the absurdity of this. i agree with you. he has a right to bear arms and a right to have a concealed weapon. there was an armed robbery at that walgreen's. >> bill: but they say you can't. >> guess what? the second he walks outside the walgreen

jeremy hoven is suing walgreens for using his own gun to stop a robbery.and other employees. walgreens said they bar employees from carrying their own guns in the store. what do you say? go to "news nation".msnbc.com. that does is it for "news nation." martin ba sheer picks up coverage next. ♪ ♪ ♪ when the things that you need ♪ ♪ come at just the right speed, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ medicine that can't wait legal briefs there by eight, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ ♪ freight for you, box for me box that keeps you healthy, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ ♪ saving time, cutting stress, when you use ups ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ you could save a bundle with geico's multi-policy discount. geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. ♪ geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body i

. >> let's talk about jeremy hoven. and he was upset that walgreens was not concerned about his own safety so he went and got a permit to carry a gun. >> jeremy had a license to own the gun and a permit to carry the gun and he had it with him and the walgreens was robbed by three guys with guns and the three guys with guns were threatening to shoot the manager of the walgreens when jeremy took out his gun and pointed it at them. he didn't shoot it. and the three of them fled. they got caught. jeremy got fired. fired because walgreens will not let you use a gun to protect yourself even if you lawfully own it and can lawfully carry it. >> and these days what's happening with pharmacies and with addicts and prescription drugs, i would want two guns or i wouldn't even take the job. >> i agree with you, this is an interesting clash between property rights, the owners of the drugstore, walgreens and personal rights, your ability to defend yourself, he is suing and a judge and a jury will decide which right prevails. >> i wond