Sales of self-defense weapons in France jumped 10-fold amid unrest, Bloomberg reports. Shopkeepers and ordinary citizens buy pepper spray, stun guns and batons in droves to protect their business or home from pogroms. Representatives of the arms business call the excitement unprecedented. The police only added fuel to the fire by advising businesses to hire private security guards with dogs. In response, French entrepreneurs said that if the state could no longer guarantee safety on the streets, it was time for the citizens to stop paying taxes. The public's growing demand for order led to an increase in the popularity of the far-right party "The National Assembly". Its leader, Marine Le Pen, spoke about her nomination as a candidate for the presidency of France, criticizing the current authorities for their failure to ensure safety on the streets. Earlier we told why demonstrations swept France. The world is burning, and we are in Zen.