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COMPTON, Calif. - There are drive-thru burger joints and drive-thru banks but now one California city offers the ultimate in drive-thru convenience: drive-thru casket viewing. Yes, at the Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton, south of Los Angeles, it is possible to view the deceased resting in a casket display window while cruising past in your car, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. "It's a unique feature that sets us aside from other funeral parlors," said owner Peggy Scott Adams. "You can come by after work, you don't need to deal with parking, you can sign the book outside and the family knows that you paid your respects," Scott Adams explained. "It's a convenience thing." Plus, Adams pointed out, the drive-thru glass partition is bulletproof - a consideration after cemetery shootouts broke out at gang funerals in the 1980s. The drive-thru is 12 feet wide, with the glass display window visible from the street. "I think it's wonderful, "said one woman quoted by the Times as she cruised past a casket last month. "It's nice to be able to drive through. You don't have to go inside. It's real convenient."
Before I tackle the convenience of drive-thru casket viewings, let me get this straight...gang violence has gotten so bad in Southern California that caskets now need bullet proof glass built into them? Look, I don't want to tell you bangers how to go about your business, but it seems to me you might be wasting your bullets shooting at already dead rivals. This is a down economy, those bullets aint free. Maybe you want to save those live rounds for live targets?
