According to the perp he is suing them .Look at it from Academy's standpoint: what if an employee tackles the wrong guy and during the fall, the guy suffers brain damage. I can see so many ways the action of an employee could go wrong. When the employee gets it right, as this employee did, and the employer looks bad. But change the outcome slightly and employer is facing a lawsuit.
Public confidence is very important in retail.If any crime was ever committed with that gun(perp stated to police he was going to kill someone and will steal another gun after he gets out of jail) after he left the store.Academy would be included in the lawsuit not to mention how many people agree with the managers actions.Yep. Company policy.
They have nothing to regret