[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Beverly Hills Guns has seen upscale residents from Santa Monica to the Hollywood Hills increasingly buying guns amid a rise in crime
- Many are self-declared progressives, who've never even held a gun before, but who've been spooked by soaring crime in their ritzy neighborhood
- Some have also discussed more elaborate security measures, such as armored cars, safe rooms and bulletproof glass
- Hollywood's violent crime rate is up 25 percent over last year, with the homicide rate doubling and shootings up 54.2 percent over last year
- The city has been plagued by a rash in slash-and-grab lootings that first began after Black Lives Matter protests ended with a riot on Rodeo Drive
- More recently, a man taking out his garbage on Thursday was attacked by four or five suspects and his disabled son was zip-tied as they ransacked his home
- Beverly Hills has now hired two private security firms to patrol neighborhoods alongside the police
- Residents are also forming their own patrol groups as District Attorney George Gascon faces another recall effort for the rise in crime
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