So
looming riots and violence? People decide to protect themselves.
Gun dealers in parts of the St. Louis suburbs have reported brisk
sales, especially among first-time buyers, as local residents wait for a
grand jury decision on whether to indict the Ferguson police officer
who fatally shot teenager Michael Brown this past August.
One shop, Metro Shooting Supplies, located in an area near the city's
main airport, reported selling two to three times more weapons than
usual in recent weeks — an average of 30 to 50 guns each day.
The St. Louis County Police Department reports a sharp increase in the
number of concealed-carry permits issued since Brown's death compared
with a year ago.
Funny that. When people are actually threatened, they don't call for more gun control, they call for more guns.
2 comments:
"Gun control" is, and has always been, academic - and weakly so. Like any laboratory experiment, it works on paper and in highly-controlled environments with very strict and always-followed rules.
Like so many other academic solutions, though, get it out into the real world, and the results suddenly stop matching the expectations. Weak paper arguments and theories don't tend to hold up as well in environments that are highly-uncontrolled and where rules aren't always followed.
The rioters and looters had better learn one thing real quick. Not all of those gun buyers are white.
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