People are worried things could get violent should living supplies continue to be scarce …
Gun and ammunition dealers said they’ve seen an influx of customers in recent weeks with concerns that the virus could lead to a breakdown of public order, creating a spike in sales as coronavirus anxiety spreads. Reports of firearms and survival gearflying off the shelves have been widespread, including in California, New York, Washington State, Alabama and Ohio. Photos on Twitter over the weekend showed lines around the block at one Los Angeles gun shop.
Some dealers said an unusually high proportion of sales have been to first-time gun buyers.
Sales have also jumped for some ammunition suppliers. Alex Horsman, the marketing manager at Ammo.com, said the past few weeks have marked the largest spike in orders in the five years he has been with the online company.
“We attribute it mainly to the virus scare,” said Larry Hyatt, whose gun store in North Carolina has seen sales increase 30 to 40 percent since late February. The presidential election and stock market fluctuations have also been driving business, he said, and the store is now selling more than 300 firearms a week.
“People have a little lack of confidence that if something big and bad happens, that 9-1-1 might not work. We saw it with Katrina,”…
People need to guard their TP.
“From my cold, dead…..?”
He never answered me
My son just called his mother to tell him that is a LONG line outside the local gun store ….
Been saying….
People ARE getting scared things will get violent if all this goes on for too long and they can’t get food…
What are they gonna do ?
Have a shootout to see who gets the food?
IT COULD come to that …Yes…
Then they are criminals and they will go to jail.
How bout you?Got yours already?
Don’t have one….
We’re stocked up in my house pretty well….
Well they had to replace all the guns Obama took from them.