Local business owner robbed at gunpoint last night.

Barney Joseph, owner of BJ’s Drug, was robbed at gunpoint by two men at around 8:30 p.m. No one was injured in the robbery but cash was stolen from the register. The robbery was over in less than a minute.

Joseph keeps a pistol under the counter but claims he did not want to use it.

His decision was based on prior experience. Joseph’s father was killed in a previous robbery at BJ’s Drug. “Yes, Dad resisted, I guess. Anyway, they found him shot to death, his own gun in his hand, and a bullet in the store’s ceiling. I’d rather part with my money than my life,” Joseph said.