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Victims shot after drugs handed over at Tennessee pharmacy, DA says

Because there's a Federal law prohibiting armed personel from occupying pharmacies. Ironic, eh?

Who passed such a law, when and why?
 
Pharmacies will have to start being built with bulletproof glass where Rx's are passed out through a drawer.
 
Because there's a Federal law prohibiting armed personel from occupying pharmacies. Ironic, eh?

Hmm?

I don't even think that's necessary - there are countless other ways to secure a business and make it safer to conduct. How hard is it to set up a more secure delivery system? You know - what's to keep a criminal from standing in line behind an old lady and just taking her meds from her hand when he hears her get the 'have you taken oxycodone before?' speech. *shrug*
 
Who passed such a law, when and why?

Not sure, but it's damn sure illegal to tote a gun in a pharmacy, because--gasp--there are all those controlled substances there.
 
Hmm?

I don't even think that's necessary - there are countless other ways to secure a business and make it safer to conduct. How hard is it to set up a more secure delivery system? You know - what's to keep a criminal from standing in line behind an old lady and just taking her meds from her hand when he hears her get the 'have you taken oxycodone before?' speech. *shrug*

Like a school house. Right?
 
Like a school house. Right?

What the ****ing ****?

Seriously - 'school house?'

I'm not remotely in the mood for cutesy bull**** I guess.

If your business set up isn't working anymore - then change it . . . ****ing simple.
 
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Not sure, but it's damn sure illegal to tote a gun in a pharmacy, because--gasp--there are all those controlled substances there.

Maybe where you are but here in AZ I can carry anywhere that's not posted and I have yet to see a sign on a CVS or a Walgreens.
 
You didn't go earn a doctorate so you can get shot at by drug addicts? :mrgreen:

My goals are to do clinical/hospital, but I have utmost respect for my community counterparts.

You probably wouldn't even get a job in retail. the market is pretty saturated. Pharmacy is going pretty down hill pretty fast. There are so many diploma schools popping up. Good luck getting a job.
 
Maybe where you are but here in AZ I can carry anywhere that's not posted and I have yet to see a sign on a CVS or a Walgreens.

The pill pushers can't tote a gun.

Ask Digs. He'll tell you.
 
The pill pushers can't tote a gun.

Ask Digs. He'll tell you.

Why does the pharmacist need to be the one that's armed? If you're looking for security then it would probably be better to NOT have someone behind the counter who is able to engage.
 
Why does the pharmacist need to be the one that's armed? If you're looking for security then it would probably be better to NOT have someone behind the counter who is able to engage.

I bet these cats in Tennessee were wishing they had a piece, so they could at least go down fighting.
 
The NRA lovers idea of "freedom" means that employers should be forced to arm their workplaces. :screwy

why are you so afraid of honest people being armed?
 
Pharmacies will have to start being built with bulletproof glass where Rx's are passed out through a drawer.

Not quite but our newest drug store--A Walgreen's is close. you cannot see the pharmacist area and I think they do pass by a drawer to the checkout area,
 
The pill pushers can't tote a gun.

Ask Digs. He'll tell you.

I don't believe it.

There was a case where a pharmacist shot at some robbers. He wasn't charged for violating any gun ban for pharmacies
 
Why are you so afraid of business owners being allowed the freedom to make policy for the businesses they own?
I am not if they provide reasonable protection against forseeable harm

being robbed is a forseeable harm for a pharmacist

why do you support disarming honest people who work in high risk occupations

what danger is there in allowing people who are trustworthy enough to dispense powerful narcotics from having a gun?
 
I am not if they provide reasonable protection against forseeable harm

being robbed is a forseeable harm for a pharmacist

why do you support disarming honest people who work in high risk occupations

what danger is there in allowing people who are trustworthy enough to dispense powerful narcotics from having a gun?

That is a lie

I challenge you to either quote me saying that pharmacist should not be allowed to carry guns, or admit that you lied
 
That is a lie

I challenge you to either quote me saying that pharmacist should not be allowed to carry guns, or admit that you lied

stop the silly games Sangha

we both have been around too long for this stupid nonsense. You will never quite come out and say something-rather you will insinuate it so you can fall back on this defense

you think its proper for pharmacists to be disarmed
 
stop the silly games Sangha

we both have been around too long for this stupid nonsense. You will never quite come out and say something-rather you will insinuate it so you can fall back on this defense

you think its proper for pharmacists to be disarmed

So you're going to run away from your own words and refuse to back them up.

I'm not at all surprised.
 
So - what I still don't get is why No single pharmacy - stocking all sorts of abused and addicted drugs - doesn't have better security measures IN GENERAL.

Banks
Quick pay shops
Jewelry stores
Museums
Any and all Fed / State buildings
Airports
Gas Stations

All of these places have screening measures or security equipment/etc and most have hired security ON HAND at ALL TIMES.

But pharmacies - who are experiencing higher and higher rates of drug related crime - still haven't done a single thing to improve the safety for other customers and their pharmacists/other attendants.

Not a single damned thing.

No glass windows. No security doors. No security breach barriers (which instantly activate when a button is pushed) No security clearance required to get in back (key codes that can be viewed from across the store doesn't count). . . and so on, so forth.

I know of very few that have the pharmacy encased in bullet proof glass and use a metal locking door to get in and out, but that's very few. Truthfully it seems that they take greater steps at preventing employee theft (which does happen) than preventing burglary or armed robbery. I really wish that greater security measures were taken, robberies happen more frequently than people may think. I think if the store is going to have a "no guns" policy they should at least hire an armed security guard or allow the managers/pharmacist in charge to carry one.
 
So you're going to run away from your own words and refuse to back them up.

I'm not at all surprised.

NO I am not going to play your often repeated game

we both know what your intention was and what you were insinuating.
 
NO I am not going to play your often repeated game

we both know what your intention was and what you were insinuating.

There is no need for you to repeat that you're unwilling to support your dishonest claim with a quote

But since you posted another lie, I challenge you to quote where I made any insinuation or admit that your claim is a lie
 
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