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Gun sales in Ferguson spike a staggering 700% as residents wait to see if Wilson will be indicted
The London Daily Mail ^ | November 19, 2014 | Chris Spargo

Posted on 11/19/2014 4:35:46 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

* Gun sales in one store near Ferguson, Missouri have increased 700% as a grand jury is expected to decide whether or not to indict Darren Wilson
* Metro Shooting Supplies owner Steve King says he has sold 250 firearms this week, and claims everyone is buying them because of Ferguson
* Officer Wilson is waiting to see if he will be indicted in the August 9 shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown
* The FBI has already warned that the grand jury verdict 'will likely' lead to violence, and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency

Gun sales have increased at a staggering rate in Ferguson, Missouri, ahead of a grand jury's decision on whether or not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, the cop who shot dead unarmed teenager Michael Brown.

Steve King, the owner of Metro Shooting Supplies in nearby Bridgeton, says he has sold 250 firearms this week.

That is a 700% increase over the 30 to 40 guns the store typically sells in a week.

'These people are afraid,' he told The Washington Post.

'One hundred percent of them are buying because of Ferguson.'(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; darrenwilson; ferguson; kenyanbornmuzzie; michaelbrown; missouri; waronterror
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To: odawg

I am hoping that’s true - but the Leftists have published locations in numerous other cities where “peaceful vigils” will be staged, all within 24 hours of the GJ announcment.


61 posted on 11/19/2014 7:14:46 AM PST by Old Sarge (TINVOWOOT: There Is No Voting Our Way Out Of This)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can they take possession of them fast enough to be used for defense of themselves and their property? I would hope that’s the reason the sales have soared. Others wouldn’t pass a background check!


62 posted on 11/19/2014 8:05:27 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: SMARTY
Is it possible for America to have had a worse President?

Is he the precursor? The warmup act?

Under him, for years now, much has changed in the core fabric of America, in our youths, in our businesses, in our minorities, in our churches, in our privacy.

63 posted on 11/19/2014 9:34:02 AM PST by polymuser ( Enough is enough)
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To: 556x45

What I find interesting about all these Fergeson gun sales stories is that they all leave out that the town is 75% black. I would have to figure that most of these guns are being sold to blacks, and that blacks fear the effects of the riots, but no news storiEs about that.


64 posted on 11/19/2014 9:43:24 AM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: VanShuyten

Nor will they investigate the numbers of liberals arming themselves in preparation for the riots. The implication is only red neck whites buy guns. There are subjects just too narrative busting to look in to. If the ideas held by the left are so fragile then they have nothing to offer - themselves or anyone else. I suppose its not dawned on them the needle is on E and has been for some time. I think they’re about ready to coast to a stop....then the crying will start.


65 posted on 11/19/2014 9:49:41 AM PST by 556x45
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To: tanknetter

Hey, what’s a “tanknetter”?


66 posted on 11/19/2014 11:57:17 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: Lee'sGhost

A “Tanknutter” who accidentally phat phingered the wrong key when registering. :-)


67 posted on 11/19/2014 12:00:00 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: 556x45

And, its readily apparent that it will once again be lunatic liberals, not
Conservatives, who will be the rioters and looters, isn’t it?


68 posted on 11/19/2014 12:29:46 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Sasparilla

Well not if the press can help it


69 posted on 11/19/2014 4:50:21 PM PST by 556x45
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To: tanknetter

LOL! OK, what’s a tanknutter?


70 posted on 11/19/2014 4:53:58 PM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: Lee'sGhost

I’m a military history buff. Nuts about tanks. And planes. And ships.

Planenutter didn’t sound right. PlaneTankShipNutter didn’t sound right either. And turned out to be a bit too similar to ManBearPig (which came along after I registered) for comfort.


71 posted on 11/19/2014 5:25:13 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: SMARTY
Americans squaring off against Americans is NOT where we should ever be.

I'm having a real problem thinking of them as Americans.

Anti-Americans I can understand, but Americans, no.

72 posted on 11/19/2014 5:42:07 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: tanknetter

Cool. I’m a former tanker, that’s why I asked. M60A1.


73 posted on 11/20/2014 4:37:43 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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