# Doors of all public buildings must open outwards.

That one is a public safety issue and it's on the books in all 50 states. In case of fire, if the doors opened in to the building, they get jammed when a mass of people hit them at them same time (i.e. stampede) to get out.

And then people die.

Look up the Coconut Grove fire from back in the early part of the twentieth century.

Now you know....