Americans Are Frantically Buying Military Gear Before the Election
- Body-armor sellers find new markets: Manhattan, San Francisco
- Friend of Trump’s sons built first ‘tactical apparel’ brand
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Conflict is on America’s streets in 2020, and “tactical apparel” has become a lifestyle industry serving militarized law-enforcement agents and the freelance gunmen who emulate them. Less than two weeks before Election Day, orders are rolling in.
Since last year, online purchases have driven a 20-fold jump in sales of goods like the $220 CM-6M gas mask -- resistant to bean-bag rounds -- for Mira Safety of Austin, Texas.