Fearing violence and political uncertainty, Americans are buying millions more firearms (WP)

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/03/gun-sales-january-background-checks/

Fearing violence and political uncertainty, Americans are buying millions more firearms
More than 2 million guns were sold in January, an 80% jump and the second-highest monthly total on record
By Hannah Denham and Andrew Ba Tran
Feb. 3, 2021 at 6:05 p.m. CST

Firearm sales soared in January after a mob-led assault on the U.S. Capitol and the arrival of a new administration that favors tighter gun restrictions.

More than 2 million firearms were purchased last month, according to The Washington Post’s analysis of federal gun background-check data. That is an 80 percent year-over-year spike and the second-highest one-month total on record.

Background checks, and sales of firearms and ammunition, have been increasing pace for months. The surge is in line with the record pace set in 2020: Nearly 23 million firearms were purchased, representing a 64 percent jump year over year.

Firearm stocks spiked in the days leading up to the Jan. 6 riot and as election deniers swarmed statehouses across the country, extending a trend line seen in November and December amid the particularly polarizing political climate.

There is no national registry that records who owns guns and when they purchase them. But according to a survey conducted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation last summer, roughly 40 percent — or 8.4 million — of the guns purchased in 2020 were by first-time buyers. It also found that 40 percent of the purchasers were women, Oliva said, and that the largest demographic group of buyers was Black Americans.

And though hunting has become more popular as more Americans stay home and engage in socially distant activities, the majority of firearms sold in 2020 were small, defensive-use handguns.

[louis-t]

1. So gun makers win again?

[msongs]

2. one suspects its the same people buying even more than they already have nt

[tanyev]

3. MOAR GUNZ!, but refusing to wear masks.

[doc03]

5. But I don't see any ammo anywhere nt

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. They did the same thing when President Obama won the election

They really are stupid motherfuckers.