Posted on 10/15/2010 4:34:48 AM PDT by rellimpank
West Allis - City and school officials here are scrambling to react after it came to light that a property owner wants to set up a gun shop kitty-corner to an elementary school.
But they're not likely to prevent the shop from opening, and they may even be limited in what they can do to keep other such businesses away from schools.
Michael G. Govas, who owns a commercial and apartment building at 2192 S. 60th St., applied for a business occupancy permit in August to operate Shorty's Shooting Sports in a 1,500-square-foot storefront in the building.
The application says the store would sell "hunting supplies, handguns, shotguns, ammo, basically all hunting and shooting supplies, long guns."
The store is at S. 60th and W. Grant streets, the same intersection where Longfellow Elementary School in the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District is located.
"I'm all for people having guns," said Diane Dorow, a neighborhood resident with a son in third grade at Longfellow. "I'm just real concerned that there's going to be problems.
"There's plenty of places they could open a gun shop, but across from an elementary school? It's just not right."
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????...seems they would want one close by when some looney libtard goes ugly in the school so the cops would have heavy ammo....
I always thought it was "caddy-corner".
"There's plenty of places they could open a gun shop, but across from an elementary school? It's just not right."
Diane Dorow is either a liar or self deluded. I would ask her: What problems are you concerned about? Why exactly is it not right?
It was not that long ago that there were high school shooting teams and students carried rifles to school.
She is the problem. She is not right.
The horror...
the horror.
Do journalism schools have a special class for using the words “scrambling” and “reeling.” It seems to be in every article. Americans are reeling and officials are scrambling.
Just another lame example of stupid people thinking an inatimate object is going to do something other than just sit there...
WARNING: “To all perpetrators of mayhem and chaos”...This school sits right next door to something and someone that may have a slight problem with you popping your cork at any given time...Be advised, seek life and entertainment elsewhere, there are plenty of bridges you can jump off if you want to end it all...
--- fortunately when politicians aren't "scrambling" at least some of them are "stepping down"---
“Do journalism schools have a special class for using the words “scrambling” and “reeling.” It seems to be in every article. Americans are reeling and officials are scrambling.”
Probably, They’re all cookie cutter libtards.
They also make up words like kitty-corner. I thought it was kaddy-corner. The “writer” is obviously an idiot.
Can’t have gun shops selling guns to third graders. That would be wrong.
The parents need to buy the guns, and give them to the kids for Christmas.
LOL! Great Idea!
That sounds like an OK place for a gun shop. This way the kids can see that gun owners and guns are an OK part of our civil society. Maybe the shop can promote 2nd amendment awareness at the school or sponsor target shooting clubs.
“THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED”!
LLS
The liberal insanity continues...
The real atrocity is that the guy has to seek permission to use his own property for his own business...
In the south, it (or "catty-corner") is. In the north, though, it's mainly "kitty-corner."
Funny thing is, only about 1% of Americans responding to an online survey use the actual original "cater-corner." The odd one to me is "kitty wumpus."
Unless they don't like Mondays.
As opposed to you, who are merely ignorant?
Probably respond faster than the cops can. Remember, a civilian helped clear the Texas Tower sniper.
Make the store owner promise not to sell your 3rd grader a gun.
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