{"id":2294705,"date":"2024-07-14T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T18:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shooting-fallout-civil-war-survivalists-on-lockdown-gun-sales-to-spike-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T14:18:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T18:18:30","slug":"shooting-fallout-civil-war-survivalists-on-lockdown-gun-sales-to-spike-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shooting-fallout-civil-war-survivalists-on-lockdown-gun-sales-to-spike-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting fallout: Civil war, survivalists on lockdown, gun sales to spike &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fshooting-fallout-civil-war-survivalists-on-lockdown-gun-sales-to-spike-washington-examiner%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=2294705&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--><p>The article discusses the fallout from\u200b the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump,\u200d raising concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neil-patel-avoiding-the-approaching-american-catastrophe\/\" title=\"Neil Patel: Avoiding the Approaching American Catastrophe\">potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-thanksgiving\/\" title=\"Happy Thanksgiving!!\">civil war<\/a><\/a> and increasing violence. Polls have shown a\u2064 growing worry about political violence, prompting survivalists to go into lockdown \u200band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-sales-set-january-record-as-democrats-took-control-of-white-house-congress\/\" title=\"Gun Sales Set January Record As Democrats Took Control Of White House, Congress\">gun sales<\/a> to potentially spike. The National Shooting Sports Foundation reported steady gun\u2062 sales, with over \u200d1\u200c million transactions in June for the \u206359th consecutive month. Experts \u200cpredict that political violence \u2064and chaos leading up to Election Day could further drive up gun sales. Survivalists are also preparing for\u2064 potential civil war scenarios post-election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Shooting fallout: Civil war, survivalists on lockdown, gun sales to spike<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/paul-bedard\/\">Paul Bedard<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-14T14:04:20-04:00\">July 14, 2024 2:04 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701734\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The attempted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/liv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assassination<\/a> of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> on the eve of the Republican National Convention has raised new concerns that anger at his historic comeback could lead to more violence and even civil war.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/stories\/analysis\/civil-war-concerns-rise-among-dissatisfied-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>multiple polls<\/a> already showing that voters were concerned about political violence before Saturday\u2019s shooting at a Pennsylvania Trump rally, the assassination try has supercharged civil war concerns, forced professional survivalists to go into lockdown, and put gun retailers on alert for a surge when they open their doors on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn like a lamb, out like a lion might be the way of things before 2024 is over,\u201d said Matthew Miller, the CEO of online retail sites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashforarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CashForArms.co<\/a>m and <a href=\"https:\/\/firearmland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FirearmLand.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up until now, gun sales have been steady and haven\u2019t seen the typical election year spike. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>National Shooting Sports Foundation,<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-kelly-voted-for-15-wage-he-served-on-the-board-of-a-company-that-fought-against-min-wage-law\/\" title=\"Mark Kelly Voted for  Wage. He Served on the Board of a Company That Fought Against Min. Wage Law.\">industry trade group<\/a>, however, said that there were over 1 million a month in June for the 59th month in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a steady signal from America as we approach election season that the right to keep and bear arms matters to law-abiding citizens,\u201d said Mark Oliva, the spokesman for NSSF.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>&#8216;s ATF forced <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonaldJTrumpJr<\/a> to register his pistol-braced firearms or face prison time.<\/p>\n<p>Next, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManhattanDA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ManhattanDA<\/a> indicted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> and he was forced to turn over his guns. His name was added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FBI<\/a> database of prohibited persons.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HomelandDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HomelandDems<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ca7wR2hxof\">pic.twitter.com\/Ca7wR2hxof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GunOwners\/status\/1812307174791475216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Before the attempt on Trump\u2019s life, Miller told <em>Secrets<\/em> that he thought sales would spike if the nation experienced political violence before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Election Day<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with blistering temperatures may come increased crime, the potential for migrant-enabled terrorism, expanding anti-Jewish violence, and the likelihood of chaos and rioting surrounding the party conventions and the election. If even some of these events unfold as feared, gun sales will spike,\u201d said Miller last week.<\/p>\n<p>Today he added, \u201cWe fear an increase in violence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lib-media-silent-after-gunshot-fired-at-home-where-republican-congressional-candidates-children-slept\/\" title=\"Lib Media Silent After Gunshot Fired at Home Where Republican Congressional Candidate\u2019s Children Slept\">including political violence<\/a>, along with the potential for migrant-enabled terrorism and the likelihood of chaos and rioting surrounding the party conventions and the election. If even some of these events unfold as feared, gun sales will spike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Survivalists have similar concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Drew Miller, who operates the <a href=\"https:\/\/fortituderanch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Fortitude Ranch<\/a> survival resorts, has recently been testing civil war scenarios and said that he fears political violence occurring after Election Day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The state of the world is in flux. Normalcy bias &#038; complacency are not options.<br \/>Get prepared because instability is coming.<br \/>Create or join a group of like minded folks for mutual assistance and do it NOW.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FortitudeRanch?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FortitudeRanch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SurvivalCommunity?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SurvivalCommunity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cyzMQDxsta\">https:\/\/t.co\/cyzMQDxsta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @Fortitude_Ranch Survival Community (@fortitude_ranch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fortitude_ranch\/status\/1812489315676484049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/2925022\/civil-collapse-feared-in-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u2018Collapse Survivor App\u2019<\/a> civil war scenario starts just like this \u2014 small, isolated election violence, with retaliations, escalations in severity of attacks and then quantity of attacks.\u00a0To me, it\u2019s a fairly obvious course of events; doesn\u2019t take an intelligence analyst to figure it out. Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Founder\/CEO, warned of a 30% chance of civil war after this election over a year ago, and earlier this year he raised the estimate a bit,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have told our Fortitude Ranch staff not to take vacation or travel far from their locations during this period,\u201d he said, adding that he plans to advise people \u201cnot to travel, be far from home during November to January as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several polls have found that the public is concerned about a political breakdown. A recent Rasmussen survey said 41% of likely voters believe the country is likely to experience a second civil war within the next five years. The March <a href=\"https:\/\/politics.georgetown.edu\/2024\/03\/21\/march-2024-battleground-civility-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgetown University Civility Poll<\/a> also said concern about civil war is high, with a rating of 70 out of 100.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic pollster Celinda Lake said that voters are \u201cconcerned about the level of division in the country, which they see as remarkably close to civil war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701734\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701734\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump has sparked concerns about potential civil war, leading to increased gun sales and survivalists going into lockdown. Gun retailers are preparing for a surge in sales following the incident. There is a fear of political violence escalating before Election Day, with concerns about potential chaos and rioting surrounding the party conventions and the election. Survivalists are also preparing for potential civil war scenarios, with worries about escalating violence and attacks. Multiple polls have shown that the public is concerned about a political breakdown, with some even fearing a second civil war within the next five years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2294706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-Civil-War-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34944,6290,35012,35013],"class_list":["post-2294705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-civil-war","tag-lockdown","tag-shooting-fallout","tag-survivalists"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-Civil-War-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294705","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}