1:38:01
- I'm trying to get one
for myself and my puppy.
1:38:03
[female reporter]:
Denis Marks and his wife
1:38:05
have been stocking up supplies.
1:38:06
- Weapons, ammunition...
1:38:08
[ male reporter]: Wal-Mart says
after September 11th,
1:38:10
gun sales surged 70%,
1:38:13
ammunition up 140%.
1:38:15
In Dallas, they're
already taking potshots
1:38:17
at Osama bin Laden.
1:38:19
- In the months following
the 9/11 attacks,
1:38:21
we, Americans, were gripped
in a state of fear.
1:38:25
None of us knew
if we too would die
1:38:27
at the hands of the evildoers,
1:38:29
or who might be sitting
1:38:31
next to some crazy guy trying
to light his shoes on fire.
1:38:34
The threat seemed very real.
1:38:36
- Sounds a little paranoid but
I'm not gonna take the chance.
1:38:39
Just trying to protect
myself and my family.
1:38:41
- Our growing fears were turned
1:38:43
into a handsome profit
for many.
1:38:45
- Mike Blake has seen
1:38:47
a 30% increase in sales at ADT
1:38:49
over the last month.
1:38:50
Most of the people he talks to
are still a little uneasy
1:38:53
over the September 11th
terrorist attacks.
1:38:56
- How are we afraid of all these
things, it's because
1:38:58
a lot of people are making
a lot of money off of it
1:39:01
and a lot of careers off of it.
1:39:03
And so, there's
vested interests,
1:39:05
a lot of activity
to keep us afraid.
1:39:08
- And what better way to fight
box-cutter-wielding terrorists
1:39:11
than to order a record number
of fighter jets
1:39:13
from Lockheed?
1:39:15
Yes, everyone felt safer,
especially with the army
1:39:18
doing garbage detail
on Park Avenue.
1:39:20
And the greatest benefit
of all of a terrorized public
1:39:23
is that the corporate
1:39:25
and political leaders can get
away with just about anything.
1:39:30
- I've never seen
a better example
1:39:32
of cash-and-carry government
1:39:34
than this Bush administration
and Enron.
1:39:38
- There were a lot of things
that I didn't know
1:39:40
after the World Trade Center
attack,
1:39:42
but one thing was clear:
whether it was before or after
1:39:47
September 11th, a public that's
this out of control with fear
1:39:51
should not have a lot of guns
or ammo laying around.
1:39:55
- Well, I was shot with a Tech-9.