Posted on 11/27/2017 5:50:42 PM PST by Scarpetta
A controversial bill is currently working its way through city hall designed to regulate 'stop and go' liquor stores. One part of the bill would force business owners to take down bulletproof glass inside their stores. But at what cost to their safety?
Broad Deli sits on the corner of the 2200 block of North Broad, inside a wall of bulletproof glass separates customers from workers.
"The most important thing is safety and the public's safety," owner Rich Kim said.
Rich Kim's family has run the deli, which sells soda, snacks, meals and beer by the can for 20 years. He says the glass went up after a shooting and claims it saved his mother-in-law from a knife attack. Now, he may be forced to take some of the barrier down.
"If the glass comes down, the crime rate will rise and there will be lots of dead bodies," he said. A bill moving through city council reads: "No establishment shall erect or maintain a physical barrier."
It's called the 'Stop and Go' bill and is being offered by city councilwoman Cindy Bass.
"Right now, the plexiglass has to come down," she said. She wants to put some controls on these small stores that she says sell booze, very little food and are the source of trouble in her district.
Rich Kim resents the charge stores like his attract loiters and argues calls to police are often met with a slow response.
Mike Choe runs a non-profit supporting Korean-owned businesses. He plans on raising $100,000 to fight the measure.
"I do think it's a bad bill that will endanger Korean Americans,' he said.
Bass says she's battling for her constituents.
Kim argues as a Korean-American he's being targeted. "This bill targets Korean Americans," Cole asked. Bass responded, "Absolutely not. I find that offensive."
Philly.
Philly.
There are mirrors that are one way. From one side you can see through it. From the other side it’s a mirror. Someone should come up with glass that’s one way bullet. One side is bullet proof. The good guy side isn’t.
Yes, she wants them to leave the area bc a significant portion of the residents stay drunk on the cheap booze they peddle.
Philadelphia - not surprised (I live in the Philly burbs and work downtown from time to time)
Hell yeah, man!
Stuff is a bitch to shoot out of...
Here’s to Armed Storekeeps!! Cheers!
>A bill moving through city council reads: “No establishment shall erect or maintain a physical barrier.”
Like a door?
A bank vault?
A gate?
Hydraulic operated or stationary bollards?
CO
Tell the police to lose the vests...
For what reason? To protect their constituency? Well to them, I guess robbers have rights too else how will they survive, pay rent, send kids to school, pay their ex-wives?
Stupid councilwoman Cindy Bass. So they should take down the metal detectors and guard stations at City Hall doors because I think they're offensive to the public. Take down the bulletproof glass at police stations because they're offensive to everyone. This is the "we don't need walls at the border" mentality because it is offensive to criminals. Stupid Cindy Bass, blood will be on your hands.
Philadelphia
The insanity continues. What’s next, outlawing locks on doors? Forbidding secured cash registers and safes?
I swear, I cannot believe how crazy things have gotten.
No more hinged countertops in bars to prohibit the customers from stepping behind the bar?
Cindy’s middle name is Dum.
Looks like her nameplate says Candy Ass
It's a man-trap. When I worked with the police department and visited the communications room or other facilities, you'd be allowed in one door that would lock. You're trapped between two doors in a small corridor (with cameras watching). Only if you're authorized, will you be permitted through the second door. Very effective security. They should have this at convenience stores at the front counter (separated by security glass). Go through one door, pay, and only then be able to leave through a second door. A man-trap corridor where the clerk is safely behind security glass.
Councilwoman Mudskipper.
Close these places and somebody will start selling cheap booze out of car trunks or living rooms. And somebody else will start robbing those sellers. And the robbers will get shot because the sellers will likely be gang members, who incidentally get there product by hi jacking trucks and burglarizing warehouses.
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