> And he should probably buy a gun or three and learn how to use them. <
Stores in sketchy areas need to harden the location where the clerks are. It’s not that tough. In this particular case, a plastic screen running above and parallel over the display cases would have protected the clerk. Call it a Covid screen, or whatever.
There’s this convenience store in a sketchy area near me. I occasionally stop there when I’m on the way from point A to point B. The clerk is behind a counter. And that counter is easily breached. All you’ve got to do is take a few steps, and you’d be nose-to-nose with the clerk.
A simple lockable interior door would change all that. I think I’m going to mention that the next time I’m in that store. But I’ll probably just get a blank look in return.
I sometimes go to L.A’s Jewelry district. Spoke with at least 5 Iranian Jews who mostly own these shops. If it’s one ghetto animal, the store policy is to have at least 5 on the floor near the entrance, and if it’s more than one, they would rather say no, and be called racist than be another smash and grab victim. Not worth it.