Gun sales increased 80.2% in May compared to last year
FoxBusiness.com: Gun sales break May record amid coronavirus pandemic, riots
Gun background checks hit record high in June, a sign of booming sales, FBI reveals
The record numbers come at a time when the U.S. is gripped in a pandemic, an economic downturn and a racial reckoning over police brutality that has erupted at times into civil unrest
FoxNews.com: Gun background checks hit record high in June, a sign of booming sales, FBI reveals
Firearm-related background checks reached 3.9 million in June, the most since the tracking system was created more than two decades ago amid multiple crises in the coronavirus pandemic, an economic downfall and protests over police brutality and racial injustice.
The lastest numbers are the most since the FBI began tracking such checks in 1998.
“More than 19 million checks — a key barometer for gun sales — were conducted in the first half of 2020, more than all of 2012 and many years prior. Gun sales usually see an uptick in presidential election years over fears an incoming president could restrict access to firearms.”
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Two things will come from this, the argument over high capacity magazines is over for now. People have seen the news videos of multiple attackers confronting citizens and are rightfully alarmed. This is not about defending yourself from burglars or home invaders. People are alarmed that the mob may actually bring the riots and looting into the suburbs. According to FBI stats, 8.3 million guns have been purchased in the last 3 months. Those people will be voters and they are not going to let politicians strip them of their right to self defense.
The Giffords Center and the Brady Bunch have been crying over this for a couple of months, claiming people don’t have the training, don’t know the laws etc. Nobody cares what they think anymore, when they are worried about defending the homes and families.
My local gun store has been going non stop for weeks, they have just about stripped the shelves of any handguns and the AR15’s have been gone for a couple of weeks. Handgun and AR ammo has completely disappeared, this should be a warning, it’s isn’t the usual ammo shortages during the Obama era. It’s going to be months before the supply chain is replenished, probably September according to my sources.
If you lose the soccer mom’s it’s over, all the feel good liberal policies go out the window when their children are threatened.
Here’s the actual video of the event, the “protesters” broke out the back side window of her car with a crowbar.