How riots, politics and a pandemic drove record gun sales in Michigan
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
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Three days after the Capitol insurrection, Marc Boyer spent his coronavirus stimulus check on a shotgun.
Boyer, a 56-year-old U.S. Navy veteran, felt dread as a frenzied mob that spent hours assaulting police and roaming the halls of Congress slinked back to their homes across the country. Boyer said the riots proved police can’t stop homegrown terrorists, so he ventured out to find a weapon to protect himself. The Jackson native encountered long lines and empty shelves at three firearms dealers in Southeast Michigan before buying a shotgun at a gun show in Adrian.