Tensions run high in Ferguson as protests continue and the prosecution has said though the grand jury has until January to issue a verdict on whether to indict Caucasian Officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 shooting of African-American teen Michael Brown, they may come back as soon as mid-November, according to CNN. The general public is reacting and gun sales have increased by 50 percent in Ferguson and surrounding areas.
Dan McMullen, who owns an insurance agency close to where looting occurred in August, brings an extra gun to work now. "So maybe I get trapped here or something and have to have a John Wayne shootout," McMullen told CNN. "That's the silly part about it: Is that going to happen? Not a chance. But I guess, could it? I'm the only white person here."
Burger Bar and More is a business that stands out, because it is one of the few that is not already boarded up in anticipation of riots, according to CNN. Owner Charles Davis opened his restaurant the day before the Brown shooting and withstood the first round of vandalism and looting in August.
"I want to make a statement to the community," Davis told CNN. "I refused to shut down then, I refuse to shut down now. I fear only one thing: God."
Robert McCulloch, the prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, has warned that any claims the grand jury has returned and reached a decision are false, unless they come directly from his office.
