Gun Sales Spike In Ferguson
As Ferguson, MO residents wait for a grand jury report on the killing of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson, gun sales are going through the roof.
[su_center_ad]
On Monday, Steven King, who owns Metro Shooting Supplies told CNN that customers bought 100 guns this weekend. A typical weekend brings in about 30 buyers.
“People are afraid they are gonna throw Molotov cocktails,” says King, referring to the mostly nonviolent protests that have taken place in Ferguson since the shooting.
The increase in gun sales reaches across racial and ethnic lines, he says.
“A lot of black people coming in saying they are afraid of the hooliganism,” he says.
“But not all of Ferguson is hooliganish. The media portrays us that way. If the world can just see this is one little street in Ferguson going crazy, they’d understand that we’re not just one big burning city.”
At Metro Shooting Range in nearby Bridgeton, Missouri, manager John Stephenson says gun sales are up 40 to 50% as of last week.
And lots of folks are coming in to the gun range for training, which he says is important for new gun owners.[su_csky_ad]
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 7:18 pm
Shooting each other is sooo much easier than democracy.
Tommy6860 November 10th, 2014 at 7:45 pm
T’is true, because we now have ID requirements for voting, and an NRA membership card is now acceptable.
George Purdy November 10th, 2014 at 8:45 pm
Whats so hard about an ID card? HMMM? They cost at most $27 and usualy about $10-$17.
I’m disabled. BUT I also keep my CDL current in case I can beat my disability so I can bet the hell back to work as this shit sucks!
Guess how much it costs in my state to keep a CDL current? Mine cost a total of $138! You have to have a medical exam which actually cost MORE than the License! No kidding! BUT a State issued ID card only costs $11! for 7 years! That’s less than a carton of smokes, six pack of beer or a small bottle of booze or way less than a 1/4 oz of pot and then the other crap they use and yes they do, so why can’t they get an ID card as they HAD TO HAVE IT and something proving they LIVED in at that address to get that handout they get monthly!
So you and the rest of you idiots and your tax to vote crap can KMA!!! I did it they can do it!
Carla Akins November 10th, 2014 at 8:57 pm
The information below is not mine – I stole from our regular readers a couple of days ago, but it seemed to fit perfectly here. (Thanks – Old Lefty) Getting and keeping an ID is not as easy as you think it is – particularly for women.
Wiola Lee, 59, was born in rural Georgia and moved to Philadelphia in her early youth to live with her grandmother. Ms. Lee worked for the Philadelphia Public Schools, including special needs children. She has voted for well over 30 years and has been civically active, volunteering as a poll worker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
With the new voter ID laws, Ms. Lee is trying to access her birth certificate which she will need in order to obtain a photo ID, but the state of Georgia has no record of her birth. Without a photo ID, Ms. Lee will not be able to vote.
Bea Bookler has voted in every election since 1940 but now 72 years later she may not be able to cast what she believes might be her last vote. At 93 years old, Ms. Bookler lives at an assisted living facility in Chester County, no longer posseses photo ID and does not have her birth certificate to obtain ID.
After learning about Pennsylvania’s new photo ID requirement, Ms. Block who hasn’t missed an election in 70 years, went to her local PennDOT office so she could obtain her free ID. Despite having all the documentation listed on the Department of State checklist, her application was rejected because the PennDot worker couldn’t
read her Hebrew marriage license and the deed to her home and Pepco bill had her married name, not her maiden name. Ms. Block takes her right to vote so seriously that in 2010 she had her granddaughter take her from the hospital in a wheelchair because she couldn’t obtain an absentee ballot..
Texans Allowed To Show Gun Permits But Not Student IDs At Voting
Booth
North Carolina College Voting Bill Seeks To Tax
Parents Of Students Who Change Registration.
The Wisconsin legislature is finalizing a bill to close ten Department of
Motor Vehicle centers located in Democratic districts within the state. The money saved will be used to extend operating hours at DMV centers in Republican districts. These cuts come on the heels of new voter ID laws that require voters to present a state-issued photo identification card at the poll booths.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap…
and;
Paul Weyric,
(co-founder of Heritage Foundation and ALEC: “Now many of our Christians have what I call the goo-goo syndrome — good government. They want everybody to vote. I don’t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.”
OldLefty November 10th, 2014 at 9:00 pm
Voter ids can be very
difficult to get, especially for the elderly who live far from DMVs.
It was overturned in PA
because of cases like;
Wiola Lee, 59, was born
in rural Georgia and moved to Philadelphia in her early youth to live with her
grandmother. Ms. Lee worked for the Philadelphia Public Schools, including
special needs children. She has voted for well over 30 years and has been
civically active, volunteering as a poll worker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
With the new voter ID laws, Ms. Lee is trying to access her birth certificate
which she will need in order to obtain a photo ID, but the state of Georgia has
no record of her birth. Without a photo ID, Ms. Lee will not be able to vote.
Bea Bookler has voted in
every election since 1940 but now 72 years later she may not be able to cast
what she believes might be her last vote. At 93 years old, Ms. Bookler lives at
an assisted living facility in Chester County, no longer posseses photo ID and
does not have her birth certificate to obtain ID.
After learning about
Pennsylvania’s new photo ID requirement, Ms. Block who hasn’t missed an
election in 70 years, went to her local PennDOT office so she could obtain her
free ID. Despite having all the documentation listed on the Department of State
checklist, her application was rejected because the PennDot worker couldn’t
read her Hebrew marriage license and the deed to her home and Pepco bill had
her married name, not her maiden name. Ms. Block takes her right to vote so
seriously that in 2010 she had her granddaughter take her from the hospital in
a wheelchair because she couldn’t obtain an absentee ballot..
and on and on.
Texans
Allowed To Show Gun Permits But Not Student IDs At Voting
Booth
North Carolina College Voting Bill Seeks To Tax
Parents Of Students Who Change Registration.
The Wisconsin legislature is finalizing a bill to close ten Department of
Motor Vehicle centers located in Democratic districts within the state. The
money saved will be used to extend operating hours at DMV centers in Republican
districts. These cuts come on the heels of new voter ID laws that require
voters to present a state-issued photo identification card at the poll booths.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9OKSP800.htm
George Purdy November 21st, 2014 at 9:27 am
So the old lady could not get a GOVERNMENT TRANSLATOR which if you instead of pointing out this one case you could have verified that there ARE such things in the US GOOBERMENT and with the internet that scan of the foreign documents when sent to the US GOOBERMENT or one of the contractors I found with a simple search she or that office she went to could have the answer in a day or so! Some of them were FREE!
That other one that lives so far away from a poll is BULL!
EVERY TOWN AND COUNTY has an office for each damn politician thats on the ballot. Call one and they will make damn sure you get to the poll for your vote! CHURCHES offer their own help for you to get to the polls and yep she can’t possibly NOT know someone with a car for a ride! I see offers of transport on the TV and hear them on the radio.
That’s BUNK and we all see lazy in that one! We all know the date and times for all the next 100 years of eklections so whats so hard with calling one and arranging a ride as in scheduling? HMMM? OR she can’t get to the office or call for a ballot to be mailed and do an absentee as I do on her OWN schedule? HMMMM? Yes, we disabled DO have RIGHTs also and she just does not exercise them!
Take the lazy out of your liberal rant and you have your answer!
The cuts in Democratic districts? No biggie. It’ll keep idiots from voting for another idiot like the one we have now! Sucks when the boot is on the other foot doesn’t, it when your rules are used against you.
OldLefty November 21st, 2014 at 9:36 am
So tell it to all the judges who are writing the decisions.
Re; We all know the date and times for all the next 100 years of eklections so whats so hard with calling one and arranging a ride as in scheduling? HMMM? OR she can’t get to the office or call for a ballot to be mailed and do an absentee as I do on her OWN schedule?
1) Not all people CAN arrange rides.
2) Not in PA and many other states …. hence the court’s rulings.
As for; ” It’ll keep idiots from voting for another idiot like the one we have now! Sucks when the boot is on the other foot doesn’t, it when your rules are used against you.”
________
Basically, what you are saying is that only those who vote the way YOU do should have the right to vote.
Just like in all banana republics.
Guess that’s why, Paul Weyrich (co-founder of Heritage Foundation and ALEC said :
“Now many of our Christians have what I call the goo-goo syndrome — good government. They want everybody to vote. I don’t want everybody to vote.
Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.”
George Purdy November 24th, 2014 at 9:59 pm
Going on 5 days and no reply from any libtards!
I love slapping libtards in the face with the truth! They can not handle it because of the lies they were brought up on!
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 9:16 pm
Ohh, but George, you are special!
George Purdy November 24th, 2014 at 8:52 pm
You damn straight I am!
I worked all my life or 39 years and I didn’t get anything handed to me!
I can save so why can’t anyone else? HMMM?
Yes, Sweetie I AM FUCKING SPECIAL as I don’t sit with my pathetic hand out waiting for you or the gooberment to take care of me! Cancer and brain surgery survivor so, you putz, yes I AM SPECIAL!
Try again moron!
When attempting to slam a pro, try with better ammo, slick as you have proved to all who know you that you are a lazy and vengeful human because you can’t! Oh what a Loser you are!
tiredoftea November 24th, 2014 at 9:04 pm
Gee, George, it took a whole two weeks to come up with that bile? You ARE special!
George Purdy November 24th, 2014 at 9:57 pm
You are a gluten for punishment aren’t you?
yeah as I have more important things than reply to morons. If you have the tools look up when the last time I was in here and then when I came in today count the minutes for me to respond to a putzes comments!
Yep gone for 14 whole days to come back to a childs comments that took minutes to write all at the same time taking a shit thinking of you truly! LOL! Yep I must have more time on my hands than I should. But when spanking children like you it’s worth it, now try to come up with a snappy comeback that actually shows you are older than 12.I might answer sometime this month so change your diapers please.
tiredoftea November 24th, 2014 at 10:03 pm
Well, George, I just approved your idiotic comment. Feel free to up your game anytime. You did reply with that drivel, as sad as it is.
You are becoming soooo much less special.
George Purdy November 24th, 2014 at 10:12 pm
Thanks. But you still failed at any kind of ass!
No snappy libtarded comeback so I think the world is safe from your pathetic fake ass!
Got to get ready for morons here in town. My neighborhood watch program for tonight is weapons at the ready and all fields of fire have been laid down. My block is secure form idiots called protesters! If anyone shows up here they will not make it out without a severe lesson on property rights and looters! Could be a nice body count tonight!
tiredoftea November 24th, 2014 at 10:15 pm
Oh, George, you are the vigilante I thought you were! I sure hope that you are as bad a shot as you are at expressing your simple, hateful thoughts.
George Purdy November 24th, 2014 at 10:47 pm
Still waiting for some comment from a libtard with some bite but libtards can not handle truth or fact like you!
Yes I am a fair shot. Only been shooting since I was 8. I do gunsmithy and have no qualms about putting trash where they belong and legally!
You have a problem with that don’t you sissy boy?
What are you and yours going to do when Sharia is passed and you become a third rate citizen? OR your Boy Friends group of “The New Black Kitten Party” ( no panthers in that sissy group) but when they start their widdle race war the morons of the 14% of the population wants and thinks they will win but with pussies like you they’ll rid the US of that problem! HMMM? I bet you and your BF have Coexist tattoos don’t you?? Is your daughter at 8 ready for her muslim husband yet? Thats what your party wants isn’t it!
Carla Akins November 25th, 2014 at 5:01 am
It’s not the ID card but the documentation needed to get the ID card. Gawd forbid you were born at home or a woman that took your husband’s name – because now your birth certificate doesn’t match. You should consider researching this issue before commenting.
amongoose November 12th, 2014 at 6:38 pm
South Africa and Mexico require ID to vote, are they racists as well?
Bob Cronos November 10th, 2014 at 9:13 pm
Having the ability to defend yourself is sooo much harder than being a willing victim…
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 9:15 pm
Brought to you by Whiteopia.
Anomaly 100 November 10th, 2014 at 10:52 pm
BOOM!
Bob Cronos November 10th, 2014 at 11:13 pm
RTA: “The increase in gun sales reaches across racial and ethnic lines, he says. “A lot of black people coming in saying they are afraid of the hooliganism,” he says.”
Anomaly 100 November 10th, 2014 at 11:17 pm
Thanks for quoting from the article on this site, which I am well acquainted with since our sites merged.
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 11:23 pm
He’s only for equal access to guns, not representation or opportunity. A new low, even for him.
Bob Cronos November 10th, 2014 at 11:50 pm
Everyone has the equal representation and opportunity that they voted for…
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 11:56 pm
Yeah, you just go with that.
Bob Cronos November 11th, 2014 at 12:01 am
Reality? OK… I’ll go with that…
fahvel November 11th, 2014 at 4:28 am
why do you goad an ass like bc? he’s nothing worth responding to.
Bob Cronos November 11th, 2014 at 10:39 pm
Not if you want a reasonably intelligent conversation without the insults I’m not…
Bob Cronos November 10th, 2014 at 11:50 pm
Then why would you agree with tea?
ChrisVosburg November 11th, 2014 at 1:22 am
Bob Cronos writes: RTA: “The increase in gun sales reaches across racial and ethnic lines, he says. “A lot of black people coming in saying they are afraid of the hooliganism,” he says.”
The man speaking is Steven King, who is the owner of the “Metro Shooting Supplies” gun dealerships in Bridgeton MO and Belleville Il, with shooting ranges at both locations.
It should go without saying that he has a vested interest in escalating a confrontation that can net him further gun sales, which begs the question of why CNN should consult with him about the conflict in Ferguson– where neither he nor his gun shop reside.
His comment about a “A lot of black people coming in saying they are afraid of the hooliganism,” should be taken for what it is– the uncorroborated spin of a redneck who doesn’t actually see a lot of blacks in his shop in Bridgeton, where the white pop is well over 85% (blacks less than 10%).
You can read more about Steven and his doughy white co-workers here. Yeah, It’s pretty much what you’d expect.
Pictured below: A Man, A Plan, A Gun Hustle: Steven King.
Bob Cronos November 11th, 2014 at 11:12 pm
” the uncorroborated spin of a redneck who doesn’t actually see a lot of blacks in his shop in Bridgeton,” — How the hell do you know? How many gun shops are closer to the “black people” than his? In fact his shop is located right on the other side of the airport from Ferguson, just 3 or 4 miles away… Why wouldn’t “black people” travel 3 or 4 miles to his shop?
ChrisVosburg November 11th, 2014 at 11:30 pm
Bob Cronos whines: ” the uncorroborated spin of a redneck who doesn’t actually see a lot of blacks in his shop in Bridgeton,” — How the hell do you know?
Because I have thinking skills, Bob.
As I pointed out in the comment you reference, he is not qualified to comment on the doings in Ferguson because he is not there.
Bob Cronos November 10th, 2014 at 11:06 pm
What does race have to do with defending yourself and your property against imminent rioting?
FTA: “The increase in gun sales reaches across racial and ethnic lines, he says. “A lot of black people coming in saying they are afraid of the hooliganism,” he says.”
The reflexive race card is really stale tea…
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 11:21 pm
Yes, you are so concerned about equal access to guns, but not so concerned about people who are under threat of violence and a lack of representation as “being a willing victim…”. As if that were a possibility. But, race has nothing to do with it.
Bob Cronos November 10th, 2014 at 11:41 pm
“equal access to guns” IS concern for people who are under threat of violence… Race has nothing to do with it…
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 11:49 pm
Says the democrat who fights for all rights of all people.
Bob Cronos November 10th, 2014 at 11:56 pm
“fights for all rights of all people” —
Cool! Can I marry my sister now? Will you fight for that?
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 11:57 pm
You have another sister?
Bob Cronos November 11th, 2014 at 12:05 am
Don’t worry, she ain’t as hot as you baby… But she’ll have to do…
Dwendt44 November 11th, 2014 at 11:53 am
The problem is often a case of those ‘hooligans’ that are wearing a badge.
tracey marie November 10th, 2014 at 7:25 pm
How many have to die before the police force is replaced by fair minded people and the town may heal
mea_mark November 10th, 2014 at 7:44 pm
It took 43 at one time in Mexico. I sure hope we are more civilized and it doesn’t come to that. After the last election though, I am not so sure.
tracey marie November 10th, 2014 at 7:51 pm
the things the tp are saying makes me fear violence. The teanuts with guns may go on a shooting spree against minorities and the President
StoneyCurtisll November 10th, 2014 at 9:02 pm
The “stuff” is hittin the fan in Mexico as we speak over those 43 students.
allison1050 November 10th, 2014 at 7:47 pm
It never ends tracey.
tracey marie November 10th, 2014 at 7:50 pm
how sad and violent we are as a country
allison1050 November 10th, 2014 at 8:37 pm
Isn’t it though… I’m glad I’m the age I am.
StoneyCurtisll November 10th, 2014 at 8:23 pm
The shit is about to hit the fan in Ferguson…
The Grand Jury is about to release their findings…(mid November they said)..
And it’s mid November..
I wonder what the ratio of white and black gun buyers is…(yes whitey, colored folks can buy and own guns too)..
I got a bad feeling if this cop is let off the hook..things are not going be pretty.
fancypants November 10th, 2014 at 10:04 pm
since ofc Wilson hasn’t been seen since aug. 9th ? I think we already know who the grand jury is going side with
StoneyCurtisll November 10th, 2014 at 8:58 pm
Kendrick Lamar says it well…
i (lower case)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNQDgHFQ2kw
R.J. Carter November 10th, 2014 at 10:26 pm
That’s not even counting all the guns ready to be dispersed by the Black Panthers.
tracey marie November 10th, 2014 at 10:30 pm
I hope that was ajoke
R.J. Carter November 11th, 2014 at 9:58 am
I wish it were.
ChrisVosburg November 11th, 2014 at 12:22 am
Be nice if you could resist your primal urge to escalate a confrontation.
Fossil1944 November 11th, 2014 at 3:15 am
Well at least that makes two of us who can see through his motivation.
Fossil1944 November 11th, 2014 at 3:14 am
Apparently you know nothing about the Black Panthers or the number who are members. Must be wishful thinking on your part to see more hate and bloodshed.
R.J. Carter November 11th, 2014 at 9:57 am
Or it could be that I interviewed someone who’s on the ground daily in Ferguson. But your way is good, too.
ChrisVosburg November 11th, 2014 at 12:30 pm
Oh, RJ, seriously? You “know a guy?” A guy who’s “on the scene?” A guy who’s “in the know?” His name’s not “Huggy Bear,” by any chance, is it?
R.J. Carter November 11th, 2014 at 12:32 pm
http://www.criticalblast.com/articles/2014/10/30/justin-b-williams-day-walker-out-ferguson
13:15 marker. You may want to check your racism at the door. And note the authorship.
ChrisVosburg November 11th, 2014 at 1:14 pm
Don’t be silly. I listened to the entire twenty minutes, so as to get a sense of where this well-meaning, if meandering, activist is coming from, and wish Day Walker well in his community efforts, but as he makes clear several times, he’s simply recounting what he saw on the news or heard coppers say–
All of which has been in the news since August, especially the doolally antics of the New Black Panthers– and that’s New Black Panthers, by the way, RJ, not Black Panthers.
Stop it. Just stop it. Stop trying to increase tensions in an already volatile situation by disseminating second hand speculation and bullshit innuendo with an arched eyebrow and the self-congratulatory pretense that you know something others don’t.
It’s unseemly.
ChrisVosburg November 11th, 2014 at 1:19 pm
In fact, since Williams (our Day Walker) makes the claim that the NBP have “gone on the record” (or maybe he’s saying that’s the claim of “Officer Tim,” it’s typically hard to tell from his unfocused style of speaking) saying that they plan to hand out weapons when the grand jury verdict is announced, perhaps you can remind us exactly where the NBP went “on the record” with this, so we can evaluate this claim for ourselves, rather than relying on tweets of serial liars like, say, Charles C Johnson.
Spirit of America November 11th, 2014 at 10:38 pm
Just curious, would ‘whitey’, ‘doughy white’ and ‘whitetopia’ be considered racial slurs today?
Carla Akins December 2nd, 2014 at 10:24 am
Clearly all you can offer are insults, and nothing of value. You’re done here.