10 Tips For Robbing A Bank From A Retired Bank Robber

When a Reddit user tried to probe into whatever morality Clay Tumey possibly used to justify his actions, he was actually pretty straightforward in explaining that he knew what he was doing was wrong.

"I don't believe there is such a thing as legal stealing. You either steal or you don't."

That seems pretty black and white, but his moral compass does seem less finite the more he expounded.

"As for me, I think morality is very subjective. I wouldn't steal from an individual person because I'm not comfortable with that. The banks, however, consider this kind of theft an acceptable loss, so that was okay with me being part of the loss that they consider acceptable."

Tumey knew the system that the banks operated under and considered his actions okay. His reasoning was founded in his belief in how those who had the most man controlled it.

"Part of my process did begin with how poorly I thought rich people handled their money. I'd always thought, "If I was that rich, I could change the world instead of just piling up cash." I don't use that to make bank robbery "okay" but that's what made it okay for me at the time."