Roy Exum: Gun Sales Up 53 Percent! Sunday, January 31, 2021 - by Roy Exum
Roy Exum
The story is told about a State Trooper who saw a Lexus moving a little quickly on the Interstate and, noticing it was being driven by an older white-haired woman, decided to give her a warm-natured warning. After pulling her over, he walked to the driver’s side window and noticed she was pleasant and unusually spry before she said, “Officer, I must inform you I have a handgun ‘carry’ permit … “
“Yes, ma’am, I appreciate your kindness in informing me. Where is the firearm?” She immediately opened her car’s console and brought out a Glock .40 cal. “Sir, mind you it is loaded and there is a bullet in the chamber.” Expertly, she handed it to the officer handle-first and he temporarily put it on the top of her car. “And, sir, I have another one …” she said, reaching under the driver’s seat to grasp a 9 mm. Beretta. “It too is loaded, with a round in the chamber,
COVID lockdowns, protests, election strife led to record gun sales in 2020
Police with guns drawn watch as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Black Lives Matter protesters stand with a banner in the middle of 3rd Avenue South as they prepare to march from the Hennepin County Government Center to demand justice for Jacob Blake who was shot and paralyzed by police in Kenosha, Wis., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Minneapolis. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020 photo, a looter uses a claw hammer as he tries to break in to a cash register at a Target store in Minneapolis. Rioters ignited fires and looted stores all over the city, as peaceful protests turned increasingly violent in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)