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Loire. After the Looting, Traders Equip Themselves with Defense Weapons: "They Are Very Worried"

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Before the October 17 violence in Saint-Étienne, some traders were already arming themselves with self-defense equipment to protect their businesses. The attacks and attacks of weekend shops reinforce their fears: lowering the curtain is not enough to guarantee their safety, nor that of their trade. The sale of this type of equipment has increased.

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Six out of ten Frenchmen feel that they must now protect themselves by their own means. Since the looting on 17 October, traders have been talking about the use of weapons and the sales of defence products are increasing, according to the armed men questioned. On the background of distrust towards the state, the fear of losing everything feeds the temptation to do justice itself.

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After the recent episodes of violence, the Armouries are very much in demand. The crowd in these shops and the sales of defense weapons are increasing. Yves Gollety, president of the National Chamber of Armorers, speaks on LCI, Thursday, October 22. - Defense weapons: "There is a substantial increase in sales", explains on LCI the boss of the National Chamber of Armorers (Topics of society).

Faced with the fear of further demonstrations on 24 October, traders are arching to protect their establishments. Since the looting on 17 October, the sales of defence weapons have exploded, multiplied by...

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Before the October 17 violence in Saint-Étienne, some traders were already arming themselves with self-defense equipment to protect their businesses. The attacks and attacks of weekend shops reinforce their fears: lowering the curtain is not enough to guarantee their safety, nor that of their trade. The sale of this type of equipment has increased.

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On the weekend of 17 and 18 October, hundreds of shops were ransacked in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Nice, Tours, Lille or Metz. The forces of law, overcrowded, did not... The article "They are presumed in self-defence": why the law allows looted traders to defend themselves appeared first on current values.

·Paris, France
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Before the October 17 violence in Saint-Étienne, some traders were already arming themselves with self-defense equipment to protect their businesses. The attacks and attacks of weekend shops reinforce their fears: lowering the curtain is not enough to guarantee their safety, nor that of their trade. The sale of this type of equipment has increased.

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leprogres.fr broke the news on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
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