Los Angeles Magazine spoke with Beverly Hills Guns owner Russell Stuart who said, "since opening in July 2020, the store has seen upscale residents from Santa Monica to the Hollywood Hills increasingly in a panic following several high-profile smash-and-grab and violent home invasion robberies."

Stuart told the magazine that "prominent actors, real estate moguls and film execs" flock to his store to load up on self-defense firearms.

"This morning, I sold six shotguns in about an hour to people that say, 'I want a home defense shotgun,'" he said. "Everyone has a general sense of constant fear, which is very sad. We're used to this being like Mayberry." Mayberry is the name of an idyllic fictional town from "The Andy Griffith Show."