Surge of first-time gun owners in STL

KSDK.COM | 19 NOVEMBER 2014 | KSDK.COM

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/ferguson/2014/11/19/surge-of-first-time-gun-owners-in-stl/19299991/

[E. Pluribus Unum]

And you can be certain that BATFE is telling DHS where they all live.

[txrefugee]

We have contacts in the area. Wives and children have left. Men are armed to the teeth. This could be over soon.

[ozzymandus]

A friend of mine works for a company based in St. Louis. He says the folks in the home office are really on edge about the potential violence.

[Oliviaforever]

Who are the the people buying all the guns?

Are they the protesters, the local citizens or the rioters?

[Dubh_Ghlase]

First-time gun buyers, with what kind of firearms training? Do they know which end to hold, how to load it, shoot it, what the laws in MO state for personal defense (Castle law)?

This does not bode well...

[Ken H]

Since the buyers are passing background checks, they are the law abiding citizens.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I suspect the folks buying their first gun are in the minority hereabouts.

[Minsc]

I heard an interview with one gun store owner that said he was selling 25 a day.

[RC one]

A fair number of “protestors” will be armed too I’m sure.

[FlingWingFlyer]

They’re going to need them after Emperor Barky opens the gates for the illegal alien barbarians tomorrow night.

[WyCoKsRepublican]

Armed citizens doing the Lord’s work. God Bless the good people of Ferguson and the St. Louis area.

[Balding_Eagle]

First-time gun buyers, with what kind of firearms training? Do they know which end to hold, how to load it, shoot it, what the laws in MO state for personal defense (Castle law)?

Seesh, this is a site which champions personal responsibility and independence.

It sounds like you would feel more at home on a Big Government site.

[bicyclerepair]

Paid troll?

[Dubh_Ghlase]

Sorry folkss, you are way off. Government troll indeed...

If you look at my posts, you'll find I'm a firm 2A believer. I think EVERYONE who legally can should own (at least) one gun. However, I have trained newbies, and I know if these new first-time gun owners do not get the training on how to use their new weapons responsibly or have the education about when to deploy and use them, that is a formula for disaster. I also believe zero and company is looking for a excuse to drop the hammer. Tensions and fears are high, and without a cool head who knows what can happen...

Government troll...now that's funny....!

[Joe Boucher]

will be known as the shoot out at the Ferguson corral.

[reasonisfaith]

Nothing could be better for liberty than law abiding citizens arming themselves.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

And I totally agree. My only concern is that with great power (lawfully owning a firearm) comes great responsibility. You have the power of life and death in your hands, so you need to know that and understand how to wield it responsibly...

There was a news story recently in these parts about a felon with a handgun who was checked into a hotel room. Somehow, the gun discharged accidentally, went through the wall, and killed an innocent 14 year old boy in the next room. Besides the fact that he shouldn't have had the gun in the first place, his clumsy, unsafe handling of the weapon cost an innocent boy his life. This type of carelessness and lack of responsibility (gun safety) is what I am referring to...

What I am says is this: If you're going to own anything that has the power to maim and kill, know what you're doing. Just because I can buy a chainsaw doesn't make me a lumberjack, and just because I can buy a gun doesn't make me HICKOK45. There's going to be enough crap going down soon, and accidental shootings of innocents isn't one I want to see become the story touted by the MSM. Otherwise, defend away...

[Balding_Eagle]

Government troll...now that's funny....!

Not funny at all, it's a perfectly reasonable conclusion based on the words you used and the concepts you promoted.

[Balding_Eagle]

I’ll use #18 as further confirmation of my suspicions.