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re: WWYD if you owned a business in Ferguson?

Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:04 am to
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:04 am to
It'd be like the shooting booth at the circus. I'd charge people to come shoot, too. Make a profit. I'd decorate it with signs to attract looters. Pick off those who enter.
This post was edited on 11/25/14 at 9:06 am
Posted by ThundrHawg
The Flagship™
Member since Sep 2010
3208 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:11 am to
Fill the interior with large rat snakes, sit in the back and watch the fun on the security monitors.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26541 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:12 am to
Close shop and move elsewhere, leaving those idiots wonder why there's no businesses around our "community"....
This post was edited on 11/25/14 at 9:15 am
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17156 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:33 am to
I would arm myself, and pray no one came.

So let's say someone breaks in, what are your legal rights to shoot? I assume most of them didn't have a weapon?
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32095 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 9:33 am to
Move away forever.

I would intentionally seek out neighborhoods where riots were least likely to occur.
This post was edited on 11/25/14 at 9:34 am
Posted by buddyboudreaux
Sterlington, La.
Member since Jul 2007
260 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:05 pm to
Sand the deck, we going to war !!!
Posted by Ash Williams
South of i-10
Member since May 2009
18146 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:06 pm to
Have a fire sale
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21411 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:14 pm to
I assume it would be a lot better legally if you waited till they were in your store to shoot, correct?
Posted by Road Tiger
SW Landmass
Member since Oct 2014
834 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:16 pm to
Booby trap the place all Vietnam style and whatnot.
Posted by UL-SabanRival
Member since May 2013
4651 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:17 pm to
Neither. I'd have a sign made that reads WORKBOOT EMPORIUM and hang it over the regular store sign.
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
Savannah
Member since Sep 2012
17478 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:17 pm to
Also, plant some claymores.
Posted by StrongSafety
Member since Sep 2004
17547 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:18 pm to
As much as a pain for the business owners who suffered damages to all their hard earned work, I question our moral conscience, as we've deemed property more important that the equal protection of all of our citizens under the law.

Property > individuals ?

Food for thought.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69078 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:19 pm to
Board up the doors, take an ax to the gas line and set an electric switch to arc once a window is broken. BOOOM..

Rioters gone and no one the wiser.
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:21 pm to
Don't want to get shot? Don't break into someone else's place of business.

Further, what does equal protection under the law have to do with it?
Posted by luvdatigahs
Alameda, CA
Member since Sep 2008
3014 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:25 pm to
I'd be worried about boarding up in a shop, if the place is set on fire you're fricked. Make sure you have a fire escape route, then board up and let er rip
Posted by Champagne
Already Conquered USA.
Member since Oct 2007
48346 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:26 pm to
I would dig a HUGE tiger pit right inside the front door of my shop. In the pit, I'd put Punji Sticks, snakes, and maybe an actual tiger.

Posted by shawnlsu
Member since Nov 2011
23682 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:26 pm to
quote:

Property > individuals ?


Depends on the individual. One that riots and loots and burns my shite down? Yes, property >>>> looting thugs, every time. Especially if that property is what supports and feeds my family. Kill em all and let the devil sort em out.
This post was edited on 11/25/14 at 5:27 pm
Posted by UL-SabanRival
Member since May 2013
4651 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:27 pm to
"Property" in this case is someone's livelihood. As others have pointed out, there is no insurance for this type of damage, so it's either defend the business or go bankrupt.

And the looters seem to be valuing property over life, far more than armed store owners.
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15098 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:31 pm to
There sure are a lot of articles online saying the damages will be covered by insurance.

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Posted by TMDawg
Member since Nov 2012
5374 posts
Posted on 11/25/14 at 5:34 pm to
quote:

StrongSafety

It's really painful how stupid some people are. It just really is.
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