Gun stores in St. Louis area see a spike in sales

[KamaAina]

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/gun-stores-in-st-louis-area-see-a-spike-in/article_f3e99891-8111-5f3e-a159-c94ad7834a72.html

Gun sales have spiked at several metro area gun stores in the wake of rioting and looting in Ferguson and disturbances at a few stores in other locations....

Customers are loading up on semi-automatic handguns and shotguns, said Al Rothweiler, one of the owners.

More women than usual were shopping for guns on Tuesday, the first day the store was open this week, he said....

He said the sales spike began on Sunday, the day after Michael Brown was shot in Ferguson.

Well, of course it did. You never know when you might have to defend yourself against an unarmed black kid.

[PowerToThePeople]

1. I do not think that is sarcastic

I think that is exactly what the gun nuts are thinking. They have "zombie horde" visions. But, in reality, it was just a couple teenagers walking home.

Ban all Guns!!!

[sarisataka]

2. Maybe they feel the need

To defend themselves from the police.

[KamaAina]

3. DUzy!

[Capt. Obvious]

4. I wonder what the racial breakdown of the customers is

Any guesses?

[Solomon]

5. lol You know damn well what the racial breakdown is.

[X_Digger]

6. Probably business owners. n/t

[flamin lib]

7. Fear drives gun sales,

fear that "they" will take the guns away, fear that "they" will attack you, fear that somebody has a bigger gun than you and fear that your dick is smaller than it should be.

Guns are like Cialis for daily use; you want to be ready when the moment's right and like the Cialis user gun carriers are fantasizing about that moment.