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Well TF... where you reside, if just a country might have bearing on this conversation.
Otherwise your observation is only a mystery. Well, you are right. It is a mystery. I was surprised when I walked in and saw the guard and have no good explanation for it. Store is in a pretty good suburban area…. West part of Loveland, Colorado. Been up here for ten years and only a couple of very minor issues. Still consider Loveland a pretty calm and “safe” town. ……?
The tax collector said: “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner.” Jesus said he went home “justified.”
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I'm thinking a pot of white beans and pork shank, cornbread and fried potatoes.
That should work.
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Pretty common across Africa, every store has armed guards. The rest of the planet, not so much.
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Thanks TF. I've been to Loveland & disappointed to hear of the guard. East St. Louis a given, but Loveland? Damnit man. Sad times.
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In Philadelphia several of the gas stations have hired armed guards. The ones I've seen have had PDW type guns....Sig MCX, CZ Scorpion, etc.
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With today’s prices, armed guards are not surprising. My local grocery had lettuce for $5.99 a head today. I took that as a sign to avoid green food. The friendlier part of the store had bacon “Buy one get one free”. It was fate, I tell you.
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Pretty common across Africa, every store has armed guards. The rest of the planet, not so much. common denominator
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Tonight at Littler Dribblers basketball, I thanked the local Lawman for his protection. You tell him about your church heat? I’ll bet he was sooooooo interested. LOL
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Pretty common across Africa, every store has armed guards. The rest of the planet, not so much. That explains alot.
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Pretty common across Africa, every store has armed guards. The rest of the planet, not so much. Well dang, I was there for three years, Ghana and Togo, never saw a single one.
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Armed security is usual at HEB grocery stores on my side of town, as the OP described most are thirty-ish, look like former Military. One store also has a canine sometimes.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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There's an armed guard most everywhere
I go anymore. Not that it's a deterrent to
crime at all
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Have you ever bought groceries in New Orleans?
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Armed security is usual at HEB grocery stores on my side of town, as the OP described most are thirty-ish, look like former Military. One store also has a canine sometimes. There's an armed guard most everywhere
I go anymore. Not that it's a deterrent to
crime at all I didn't figure they needed guards in Texas!!
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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Armed security is usual at HEB grocery stores on my side of town, as the OP described most are thirty-ish, look like former Military. One store also has a canine sometimes. There's an armed guard most everywhere
I go anymore. Not that it's a deterrent to
crime at all I didn't figure they needed guards in Texas!! Real Texas vs the Legend.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Armed security is usual at HEB grocery stores on my side of town, as the OP described most are thirty-ish, look like former Military. One store also has a canine sometimes. There's an armed guard most everywhere
I go anymore. Not that it's a deterrent to
crime at all I didn't figure they needed guards in Texas!! Too many out-of-staters have moved here and brought the woke agenda with them from their rathole states. Used to be able to saddle your own horses and kill your own snakes
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I think its a good thing considering how woke kids want to walk into stores and start taking anything they want.
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I live 16 miles due north of downtown Detroit. No armed guards around here at all, but I wouldn't mind in the least if there were.
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Nothing like having to step over a few bodies and dodge some bullets on the way out the door with the stolen goods to take some of the glamour out of flash mob looting!
Ignorance can be fixed. Stupid is forever!
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A couple years BC (before covid) in Cabo San Lucas the Costco had a large armed presence of uniformed officers and several dogs.
If you were paying cash they stopped every $100 and took the cash to the cage before continuing.
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