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WTF Philly? Proposed ban on bulletproof glass.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:32 am
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:32 am
This sounds like something our illustrious Mayor would come up with.
The City Councilwomans reasoning is a joke.
This is on par with more street lights will make less crime. Avoid the issue and blame extraneous factors.
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Philadelphia is one step closer to getting rid of bulletproof glass in many of its small businesses as part of a larger effort to crack down on loitering, public urination and potential drug sales -- but it's triggered backlash from the shopkeepers.
The city's Public Health and Human Services Committee passed a bill that enables Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections to regulate the bullet-resistant barricades that stand between customers and cash registers in many neighborhood corner stores.
The City Councilwomans reasoning is a joke.
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Bass said the bulletproof glass and partitions at some of these businesses are a concern of the city’s health department, as if a customer is choking or having an allergic reaction, a barrier should not stand in the way of safety. She also addressed the security concerns. “Thousands of businesses operate in the same neighborhoods with no Plexiglass,” she told Fox News, mentioning stores like Rite-Aid and barber shops. “I’ve never been to a bar with Plexiglass.”
This is on par with more street lights will make less crime. Avoid the issue and blame extraneous factors.
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:35 am to jbgleason
It will pass and then a shop owner who was forced to get rid of his glass will die. And, the law will switch back.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:35 am to jbgleason
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Philadelphia is one step closer to getting rid of bulletproof glass in many of its small businesses as part of a larger effort to crack down on loitering, public urination and potential drug sales
So, getting rid of bulletproof glass reduces pissing outside? I must have lost some valuable brain cells lately because I can't figure out that connection at all.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:36 am to jbgleason
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Bass said the bulletproof glass and partitions at some of these businesses are a concern of the city’s health department, as if a customer is choking or having an allergic reaction, a barrier should not stand in the way of safety.
I wasn't aware they didn't have doors in Philly.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:40 am to jbgleason
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Fox News previously reported that the bill, put forward by Councilwoman Cindy Bass, focuses on “stop-and-go” convenience stores that act more like bars than the restaurants they are licensed to be, selling beer and shots of liquor over the counter and attracting crowds that end up becoming public nuisances, according to lawmakers.
Pennsylvania state law mandates businesses with restaurant licenses should regularly sell food and have tables and chairs to seat 30 people. But some businesses keep their seating locked up or out of reach and the grills shut down, selling little more than alcohol and forcing customers to wander outside.
Bass told Fox News that in “more than 90 percent of cases they are breaking the law in terms of operating outside the requirement of their license.”
That makes sense and would be a problem, but I still have no clue what bullet proof glass elimination would solve.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:43 am to jbgleason
Idiots legislating for the criminals. Just like in BR
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:44 am to jbgleason
None of that makes any sense...you did say woman in there somewhere I thought...makes sense now.
Just kidding....
About it making sense now.
Just kidding....
About it making sense now.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:46 am to jbgleason
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a barrier should not stand in the way of safety
A barrier is safety. This story reminds me how catastrophic of a frick up Philly really is.
Philly thinks its in the same league as DC, New York, Chicago, or Boston....but it's really more like Baltimore to me.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:50 am to jbgleason
Trying to push out the Asian store owners.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:56 am to jbgleason
I hate going into a store and it's behind glass.
I remember if I picked up a pizza in BR byvmy house. Both Dominos and p johns were behind glass.
I remember if I picked up a pizza in BR byvmy house. Both Dominos and p johns were behind glass.
This post was edited on 12/7/17 at 9:08 am
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:57 am to jbgleason
Culcha gonna Culcha
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:57 am to jbgleason
Probably shouldn't have locks on the doors. Those are life threatening barriers as well.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:59 am to jbgleason
They take your guns, then your armor and finally your right to defend yourself.
Why? Criminals are clearly their target constituency. There is no other reasonable conclusion that can be drawn.
Why? Criminals are clearly their target constituency. There is no other reasonable conclusion that can be drawn.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 8:03 am to jbgleason
Block wall off the partition, put in a bank of bullet resistant doors with a service box in the door. Make it all hollow metal doors then you arent using “glass”.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 8:13 am to jbgleason
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Philadelphia is one step closer to getting rid of bulletproof glass in many of its small businesses as part of a larger effort to crack down on loitering, public urination and potential drug sales
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Bass said the bulletproof glass and partitions at some of these businesses are a concern of the city’s health department, as if a customer is choking or having an allergic reaction, a barrier should not stand in the way of safety
I don't understand how removing Plexiglass helps any of this. The employee isn't locked in the room with bulletproof glass. Just walik out the door and give the heimlich
Posted on 12/7/17 at 8:31 am to jbgleason
I refuse to believe this is real.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 8:32 am to jbgleason
Unless city police is willing to come in there and take my bullet proof glass away, they can't have it and might die trying. Tell them to shove it. How in the hell is getting rid of bullet proof glass going to cut down on loitering?
Come on Philadelphia citizens. You are one of our foundational centers of democracy and the Republic. Don't let these idiots do this dumb shite.
Come on Philadelphia citizens. You are one of our foundational centers of democracy and the Republic. Don't let these idiots do this dumb shite.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 8:33 am to jbgleason
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Philadelphia is one step closer to getting rid of bulletproof glass in many of its small businesses as part of a larger effort to crack down on loitering, public urination and potential drug sales
I don't understand the logic here. Are they saying if the cashiers weren't safe behind the counter they'd be running people off the corners? Plexiglass or not they're still going to be behind the counter most of the time. This sounds like something a crime boss (or evil land developer) would get the councilman he bought to push so he could take down a store owner that was in his way.
This post was edited on 12/7/17 at 8:34 am
Posted on 12/7/17 at 8:51 am to jbgleason
Feelings > than some Asian's right to life
Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:04 am to jbgleason
So is the glass being banned because of a public safety concern, or a crime reduction measure, or both? If it's supposed to reduce crime, I promise I want to hear how.
If I were buying a convenience store in an area affected by this ban, I'd order the bullet resistant glass cut to my measurements and install it myself. If asked by authorities about it, I'd ask them to prove that it's "bullet proof".
If I were buying a convenience store in an area affected by this ban, I'd order the bullet resistant glass cut to my measurements and install it myself. If asked by authorities about it, I'd ask them to prove that it's "bullet proof".
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