周五早上，Sam走出巴黎市中心的一家狩猎用品店，刚刚花费600欧元（约合671美元）购买了用于自卫的武器。
Friday morning, Sam exited a hunting store in central Paris, fresh from spending €600 ($671) on weapons designed for self protection.
这位店主出于安全考虑拒绝透露姓氏，他在莱阿勒区拥有一家仿首饰店，该区是一个广阔的商业区。上周末，暴徒洗劫了附近的商店，他的店铺幸免于难，但他希望为可能爆发的更多暴力事件做好准备。
The shopkeeper, who declined to give his family name for security reasons, owns a costume jewelry store in Les Halles, a sprawling commercial district. His business was spared by rioters who ransacked nearby stores last weekend, but he wants to be prepared in case more violence erupts.
他购买的物品包括一根警棍，以及一种发射小型装有类似催泪瓦斯物质的弹筒的塑料手枪。与美国大部分地区不同，法国对枪支购买实行严格限制。Sam还雇佣了带狗的私人安保人员，并正在封窗。尽管有所担忧，他仍计划照常营业。
His purchases included a truncheon, as well as a plastic handgun that propels small canisters of a substance similar to tear gas. Unlike in much of the US, purchases of firearms in France are tightly restricted. Sam also hired private security guards with dogs and is boarding up his windows. Despite his concerns, he plans to open for business.
“我从没想过会走到这一步，”他说。“我这么做，但并不感到安心。”上周六，法国各地的抗议活动演变为破坏和暴力，流动的暴徒团伙袭击了数百家商店，砸碎橱窗，掠夺商品。骚乱此后已平息，但由于抗议者呼吁本周六再次举行骚乱，居民、当局和商店主都感到不安。
“I never thought it would come to this,” he said. “I’m doing this, but I don’t feel reassured.”Protests last Saturday across France deteriorated into vandalism and violence as roving bands of rioters attacked hundreds of shops, smashing windows and running off with merchandise. The turmoil has since eased, but with protesters calling for another day of unrest this Saturday residents, authorities and shopkeepers are on edge.
Sam在“拉博尔瑟军械店”购买了装备，该店老板伊夫·戈莱蒂担任代表法国武器卖家的组织主席，这一职位使他拥有全国视野。他说，他的店铺正经历着异常活跃的交易，而且并非个例。戈莱蒂通常服务于猎人和靶场射手，他估计，在巴黎、马赛、里昂和波尔多等动乱最严重的城市，自卫武器的销量增长了10倍。
Sam bought his gear at l’Armurerie de la Bourse, whose owner, Yves Gollety, chairs the organization that represents weapon sellers across France — a role that gives him a national perspective. His store is seeing extraordinary levels of activity, he said, and it’s not alone. Gollety, who usually caters to hunters and target shooters, estimates sales of weapons for self defense have risen by 10 times in cities that saw the most mayhem, such as Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Bordeaux.
“人们上周末遭遇的事情令人创伤，他们有时发现自己独自面对暴徒，有时长达两三个小时，甚至一整天，”戈莱蒂说。“店主、餐馆老板和个人都感到害怕，正在寻求自卫。他们并非想要私刑。” 传统狩猎步枪的销售已崩溃，但胡椒喷雾、类似催泪瓦斯的罐子、发射橡胶子弹的手枪及其他非致命装备的需求激增。戈莱蒂表示，销售增长“前所未有”，比过去的骚乱和民事动荡时期更为显著。
“People were traumatized by what happened last weekend when they sometimes found themselves on their own, sometimes for two or three hours or the whole day, facing the rioters,” Gollety said. “Shopkeepers, restaurant owners and individuals got scared and are looking to defend themselves. They’re not seeking to take justice into their own hands.”While traditional sales of hunting rifles have collapsed, demand has jumped for pepper sprays, tear gas-like canisters, pistols firing rubber bullets and other non-lethal gear. The increase in sales is “unprecedented,” Gollety said, more pronounced than in past episodes of rioting and civil unrest.
戈莱蒂的店铺上周六开门营业，但未受损害，尽管该地区其他商店遭到攻击和抢劫。他计划明天开门，哪怕只是为了保护自己的店铺。
Gollety’s store was open last Saturday but avoided damage, even though other shops in the area were attacked and looted. He plans to open tomorrow, if only to protect his shop.
巴黎警察局建议商家在周六前雇佣更多私人安保人员，引发众怒，包括加密货币硬件钱包制造商Ledger的联合创始人埃里克·拉尔谢韦克在内的许多人对此表示不满。他在X上写道，如果国家无法再保护人民，法国人就应停止缴税。
The Prefecture of Police told business owners to hire more private security agents ahead of Saturday, drawing the ire of many, including Eric Larcheveque, the co-founder of the Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger. He wrote on X that if the state can no longer protect the people, the French should stop paying taxes.