Walmart constructed a new barricade at their front entrance, as if they are preparing to be attacked by looters. Are they trying to prevent cars from crashing through the front?

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[–]Doberlady 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, it doesn't mean anything. My walmart always had those. The big concrete red balls outside Target stores are also there for the same purpose but they just do it with more style. It is anti-terrorism, but people losing control of their cars and ramming into buildings by legit accident is more common that you'd think.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I have also seen similar entrances at bigger stores. This Walmart didn't construct all these metal poles at the entrance until now. It's a Neighborhood Walmart, the grocery store only, and they just modified the entrance. There are still metal shipping containers in the parking lot and there is other "remodeling" work going on.

The store did not originally have this barricade at the entrance until this month: June 2022. The Walmart corporation decided to install this now at this time, and I would like to know what they discussed and how they came to the conclusion to perform this construction work years after the grocery store was built.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We've had those everywhere since 9/11. Here's an interesting article I found, they're called bollards.

Bollards as protective devices have been used going back to the late 1700s, when the first ones were crafted using everything from heavy tree trunks to old, vertically planted cannon barrels to the modern concrete bollards used today.

As they have become more sophisticated, modernized, and more skillfully manufactured, concrete bollards are now more personalized and aesthetically appealing.

And even though bollards are used as barriers to keep pedestrians safe from vehicular traffic, they have become just as important in keeping motor vehicles out of specific areas of concern, whether enclosing pedestrian traffic or not.

The popularity of concrete bollards increased in the 1990s when they began to be the preferred choice for protecting campuses and other highly populated buildings.

Credit the world of vehicle-based terrorism for that. Concrete or cement bollards started popping up in front of every location that was deemed vulnerable or a security risk.

In the US, that at-risk category contained more than 90,000 sites, buildings, campuses, districts and structures that could all be considered candidates for the use of security bollards.

https://www.theparkcatalog.com/blog/concrete-bollards-pedestrians-and-buildings/

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This picture was taken today at the Neighborhood Walmart in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA.

I believe soon there will be looting, especially during the famines, wars, and other chaos designed to usher in the beast system. Soon, no one will be able to buy anything at Walmart without the mark of the beast.

But those of us that trust in the Lord will receive his peace, and we shall not lack. We will remain free, without the beast's mark of ownership. We will not be enslaved by the beast. All who call on Jesus shall be saved.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Several of the big stores near me have increased security in the last year or so. I'm talking about physically altering the entrances / exits to prevent people from running out, mostly.

[–]thomastheglassexpert 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Balusters are common as hell against anyone driving their car or truck through a storefront it’s really no big deal. Each baluster installed usually runs around $1000 but to replace the doors and the storefront and the glass can easily run 20 or $30,000.

[–]asterias 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They installed similar constructions outside some local supermarkets during the lockdowns and I was curious why they decided to get into the trouble.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They are pre-planning for the nigras when they get there.