FERGUSON PREPARES – AT 8:19 A.M. ET:  Ferguson waits for the grand jury decision surrounding the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown.  The usual suspects have come into Missouri to create as many problems as possible.  From Fox: 

Gun dealers in parts of the St. Louis suburbs have reported brisk sales, especially among first-time buyers, as local residents wait for a grand jury decision on whether to indict the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot teenager Michael Brown this past August.

One shop, Metro Shooting Supplies, located in an area near the city's main airport, reported selling two to three times more weapons than usual in recent weeks — an average of 30 to 50 guns each day.

"We're selling everything that's not nailed down," owner Steven King told the Associated Press. "Police aren't going to be able to protect every single individual. If you don't prepare yourself and get ready for the worst, you have no one to blame but yourself."

The store's waiting list for private lessons and concealed-carry training classes extends into 2015.

Protest leaders say they are preparing for non-violent demonstrations after the grand jury's decision is announced, but they also acknowledge the risk of more unrest if the panel decides not to issue criminal charges against Darren Wilson, the white officer who shot Brown, who was black and unarmed.

The term "unarmed" is deceptive.  Brown had his fists, great physical strength, and that combination can kill. 

Other gun dealers say their sales spikes are comparable to the increases seen soon after Brown's death on Aug. 9.

"I've probably sold more guns this past month than all of last year," said County Guns owner Adam Weinstein, who fended off looters last summer at his former storefront on West Florissant Avenue, the roadway that was the scene of many nightly protests. Weinstein stood guard over his business with an assault rifle and pistol.

The store has since moved out of Ferguson — in part because of concerns about the potential for further violence.

COMMENT:  You would think that the president of the United States would go to Ferguson and make a speech demanding calm in the face of a judicial decision.   No such luck.  This president is a leftist.  His attorney general is a racialist.  They don't mind a little roughing up.

And to think, the American press told us, when Obama ran in 2008, that we was a practical man, not an ideologist.  What a crock.

November 19,  2014