Posted on 03/14/2020 10:14:27 AM PDT by DoodleBob
Stores across the United States hardly can keep hand sanitizer and toilet paper on their shelves, and sales of guns, ammunition and tactical wear also have surged during the coronavirus pandemic, according to media reports.
Kevin Lim, who owns tactical gear retailer Bulletproof Zone, told BuzzFeed News his sales have jumped 50 to 100 percent.
“I think with the way things have escalated quite quickly around the world and in the U.S. in just the last couple of weeks, it’s very hard to tell what’s going to happen next, and I believe it is better to be safe than sorry,” Lim said. “That’s what our business is about, after all, keeping people safe.”
The owner of LEPD Firearms in Columbus, Ohio, told WKRC that his customers are not panicked, but are preparing for COVID-19 to worsen.
“It’s an unknown, so there are people that are concerned,” Duane Pohlman told WKRC. “In those times of uncertainty, people have a reaction to make sure they want to protect themselves and their families, and I think that’s what we’re seeing especially here in our store.”
The growing number of cases in the country has led people to buy guns for the first time, a California gun shop owner told KTVU-TV.
“People who tell me that they don’t like guns, but they’re here to begrudgingly buy one,” Gabriel Vaughn, owner of Sportsman’s Arms In Petaluma, told the TV station. “And if it makes somebody feel safe and they’re legal to own one, then sure.”
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Some things bear repeating. Like bearing repeating arms. :-)
Gotta protect those 2000 rolls of toilet paper in case the zombies decide they need to take a dump.
Good one. If folks haven't bought there 2nd amendment hardware yet, then "sc==ew them". You don't run to the hardware store to buy a fire extinguisher when the garage is already on fire.
Brand new first time panic gun owner--"gee, how do I use this thing??"
GIMME GUNS AND AMMO!
LOL!
Where is a 1940s Sears Roebuck catalog when you need it?
I’ve got tons of
Old “T” shirts!
Thanks for the Tip!
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