{"id":1172259,"date":"2021-12-30T10:19:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T15:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172259"},"modified":"2021-12-30T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T15:19:10","slug":"the-rich-and-famous-flock-to-beverly-hills-only-gun-store-for-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-rich-and-famous-flock-to-beverly-hills-only-gun-store-for-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rich and Famous Flock to Beverly Hills&#039; Only Gun Store for Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-rich-and-famous-flock-to-beverly-hills-only-gun-store-for-protection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-koolshooters-8105793-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The gun business is booming as the rich and famous flock to Beverly Hills\u2019 only gun store, Beverly Hills Guns, for protection from the craziness that has overtaken day-to-day life in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamag.com\/citythinkblog\/l-a-s-arms-race-of-the-affluent\/\">reports<\/a>, \u201c<span>Since opening in July 2020, the store has seen upscale residents from&nbsp;<\/span><span>Santa Monica to the Hollywood Hills increasingly in a panic following several&nbsp;<\/span><span>high-profile smash-and-grab and violent home invasion robberies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Beverly Hills Guns owner Russell Stuart indicates \u201cprominent actors, real estate moguls and film execs\u201d are among those flocking to his store for self-defense firearms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>This morning I sold six shotguns in about an hour to people that say, \u2018I&nbsp;<\/span><span>want a home defense shotgun,&#8217;\u201d Stuart said. \u2026 Everyone has a general sense of constant fear,&nbsp;&nbsp;which is very sad. We\u2019re used to this being like Mayberry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stuart also helps his customers find local ranges where they can become familiar and proficient with their firearms, and also helps in the pursuit of concealed carry licenses for those who are interested.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>On December 17, 2021, <em>The Guardian<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/dec\/17\/explainer-california-mass-thefts-retail-policing\">observed<\/a> that in Los Angeles alone, \u201cmore than&nbsp;$330,000 in goods&nbsp;were stolen in 11 \u2018smash and grab\u2019 incidents over about two weeks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During the first week of December Jamie McBride, the head of LAPD\u2019s police officer\u2019s union, <a href=\"https:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2021\/12\/07\/we-cant-guarantee-your-safety-head-of-lapds-police-officers-union-warns-tourists-away\/\">spoke to CBSLA<\/a> and warned people not to come to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>McBride said, \u201cMy message to anyone thinking about coming to Los Angeles, especially during the holiday season, is don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe can\u2019t guarantee your safety. It is really, really out of control. I said it to people before, it\u2019s like that movie \u2018Purge,\u2019 you know, instead of 24 hours to commit your crime, these people have 365 days days to commit whatever they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gun business is booming as the rich and famous flock to Beverly Hills\u2019 only gun store, Beverly Hills Guns, for protection from the craziness that has overtaken day-to-day life &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}