One of the lessons from Ferguson, Missouri, ignored by the 24/7 media frenzy, was that store owners who stood and defended their shops with guns did not get looted or vandalized.
At County Guns and the adjacent St. Louis Ink Tattoo Studio, peace and calm reigned.
Adam Weinstein, owner of County Guns, shares a storefront with his business partner on Florissant Avenue less than 10 minutes from where rioters started looting and burning businesses after a peaceful prayer vigil Sunday night, Aug. 10. The protest of slain teenager Michael Brown had suddenly turned violent.
Hearing news reports of the spreading lawlessness, Weinstein and his partner, tattoo artist Mike Gutierrez, decided to act.
They rounded up a few friends and prepared to protect their businesses. With force if necessary.
When they arrived at their stores, the Dollar General in the same strip mall had already been looted.
“As soon as I saw they were getting closer to the store, I called my partner and we went up there and cleared out all the inventory,” he said, in an effort to stop the looters from getting a slew of free weapons from his gun store.
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At County Guns and the adjacent St. Louis Ink Tattoo Studio, peace and calm reigned.
Adam Weinstein, owner of County Guns, shares a storefront with his business partner on Florissant Avenue less than 10 minutes from where rioters started looting and burning businesses after a peaceful prayer vigil Sunday night, Aug. 10. The protest of slain teenager Michael Brown had suddenly turned violent.
Hearing news reports of the spreading lawlessness, Weinstein and his partner, tattoo artist Mike Gutierrez, decided to act.
They rounded up a few friends and prepared to protect their businesses. With force if necessary.
When they arrived at their stores, the Dollar General in the same strip mall had already been looted.
“As soon as I saw they were getting closer to the store, I called my partner and we went up there and cleared out all the inventory,” he said, in an effort to stop the looters from getting a slew of free weapons from his gun store.
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1 comment:
just read about ANOTHER bad Ferguson kop. this one hogtied a 12yo kid who was only checking his mail. sure are a lot of bad kops in that town.
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