In the lead up to and the aftermath of the grand jury decision in Michael Brown’s case in Ferguson, MO, gun sales skyrocketed and gun training courses booked up. People who live in the predominantly white St. Louis suburbs, up to 30 miles away from Ferguson, bought guns and got training to use them for fear that the protests in Ferguson would turn violent and affect them and their family. Many of these people are first-time gun-owners.

 

see this on the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange and also on The Atlantic


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