Paris dealers report a jump in legal nonlethal sales as shopkeepers brace for Saturday after last weekend riots and looting. Officials admitted a delayed response let police lose control in some areas, and Le Parisien said Ile-de-France retailers bought batons and iron bars, citing the National Trade Association of Gunsmiths. Yves Goletty showed an LBD launcher at L’Armurerie de la Bourse on 23 October 2026 while Alain Di Crescenzo told Die Welt owners feel exhausted and fear economic and physical danger.