Business executives arming themselves...

[spin]

Gun dealer: More execs arm for protection

The widely reported increase in U.S. small arms sales and ammunition shortages are beginning to taper off, several metro Detroit gun shops say, but one store is seeing another trend: Business executives buying handguns for personal protection.

“I get guys that come in here who want to arm themselves and ask about security for their business over workplace violence,” said Ray Jihad, owner of Royal Oak-based Target Sports. “It's because of them laying people off.”

Jihad declined to identify specific companies that have had executives buying guns, citing privacy and safety concerns, but he did say they come from prominent auto suppliers, banks, accounting firms and steel manufacturers.
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090906/FREE/309069949/1069

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. They know what's coming.

When your only option becomes starving in the gutter while Marie eats Brioche, tempers get short.

[T Wolf]

2. They damn well better. With what they have done, and continue to do, to the people in this country,

should be a crime.

And enough view it as such that vigilante justice could be around the corner.

That would not necessarily be a bad thing, IMO. As things currently are, they have no fear of consequences for any of their actions.

[TheWraith]

3. "Ray Jihad"?

Must have sucked to be that guy a few years ago.

[spin]

4. But he probably had a .45 auto on his side...

and chances are he knows how to use it.

An armed society is a polite society.

[divideandconquer]

5. BULLS#IT

An armed society is a scared society.

[Tim01]

6. No, anti-gun folks are overly emotional hand wringers.

Hippies are good people an all that, but they don't do so well against real bad guys.

[Treo]

7. I'm armed, I'm not scared

Gun grabbers are a scared society

[TheWraith]

9. Funny, Britain is talking about banning kitchen knives and glass mugs...

And people still can barely walk down the street without getting mugged.

[TheWraith]

8. No amount of ammo will protect you against mockery. nt

[spin]

10. True, but a loaded .45 auto will give you a chance against an attacker. (n/t)