{"id":114238,"date":"2021-06-04T21:18:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T01:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=114238"},"modified":"2021-06-05T00:38:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T04:38:20","slug":"firearm-sales-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114238","title":{"rendered":"Firearm Sales Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The jackbooted mandatory Corona shut-downs, along with continuous riots and looting in American cities, sparked a gun binge across the US. The uncertainty resulted in unprecedented gun sales including a wave of new gun owners.<\/p>\n

Gun sales skyrocketed 40% in 2020 compared to 2019, with a record 39,695,315 background checks conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n

The gun buying surge has continued into 2021 in a major way. In January, gun sales soared to 4,137,480, the largest single month since figures started to be recorded in 1998.<\/p>\n

Americans Buying Firearms: A Trend That Isn\u2019t Stopping<\/h3>\n

by Garrett O\u2019Leary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last year saw more than 21 million background checks conducted for the purchase of a firearm, a record-shattering number, and at the current rate 2021 is on, that number looks like it could be broken again.
\nWith more than 1.3 million background checks conducted for firearms purchases through the FBI\u2019s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in May, according to new data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the current number of checks for the year sits beyond 8.5 million. At this same point last year, that number was just north of 8.1 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese figures are hardly surprising to the firearm industry, which is battling against the Biden administration\u2019s attacks on gun rights of law-abiding citizens,\u201d said Mark Oliva, NSSF director of public affairs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Surprised? Yeah, me neither. Another non-surprise is quite a lot of the first time buyers are minorities and women.<\/p>\n

America’s 1st Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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