{"id":23421,"date":"2014-08-14T12:26:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T16:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=23421"},"modified":"2014-08-14T12:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T22:06:24","slug":"gun-sales-increase-wake-fatal-police-shooting-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-sales-increase-wake-fatal-police-shooting-teen\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun sales increase in wake of fatal police shooting of teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gun sales in the St. Louis area are increasing in the wake of the looting and chaos that followed the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, last Saturday in Ferguson, Missouri.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23423\" style=\"width: 202px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1407925424328_Image_galleryImage_brownmuzz2_jpg_michael_br.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-sales-increase-wake-fatal-police-shooting-teen\" title=\"Gun sales increase in wake of fatal police shooting of teen\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23423\" title=\"Gun sales increase in wake of fatal police shooting of teen\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1407925424328_Image_galleryImage_brownmuzz2_jpg_michael_br-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Brown, 18, was fatally shot by police last Saturday.  \" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1407925424328_Image_galleryImage_brownmuzz2_jpg_michael_br-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1407925424328_Image_galleryImage_brownmuzz2_jpg_michael_br-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1407925424328_Image_galleryImage_brownmuzz2_jpg_michael_br.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Brown, 18, was fatally shot by police last Saturday.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re just afraid of whats going on and they&#8217;re coming in to purchase either additional firearms or their first firearm,&#8221; Steven King, owner of Metro Shootingm told CBS affiliate KMOV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re buying AR-15s, home defense shotguns, handguns, personal defense handguns something for conceal carry,&#8221; added King, whose store is located in the suburb of Bridgeton.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between police and protesters are at a high, as officers in riot gear have been blasting gatherers with tear gas and rubber bullets. 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