This is really why they call it Black Friday

So reports The New York Times:

"Even those who arrived early Friday and waited in line for the doors to open at 5 a.m. were not guaranteed success. Brian Clark, 27, of Bristol left empty-handed after the televisions and computers he'd eyed as Christmas gifts were snatched by earlier shoppers.

Alarmed by a recent shooting of a customer waiting outside a Connecticut Wal-Mart store for Sony's PlayStation 3, which are almost impossible to find, Clark had tucked his Glock pistol in a holster under his jacket and put extra ammunition in his pocket before heading out early Friday.

''Not that I'll probably need it, but just in case. You never know these days,'' he said, quickly adding that he has a state permit for a concealed weapon."

Yep, just in case. I am all for the Second Amendment, but that's an outrage.