By Jim Curcuruto The early part of 2020 has been unlike any other year for firearm purchases—particularly by first-time buyers—as new NSSF research reveals millions of people chose to purchase their first gun during the COVID-19 pandemic. January 2020 started out with a strong SHOT Show, followed by buzz surrounding background check figures on firearms … Read more
By Patrick Buchanan I recently purchased my first gun and, if you’re scoring at home, shortly thereafter I bought a second one. My story is not unique. There were over 3.7 million firearm background checks done for firearm purchases in March alone. New gun owners often get accused of jumping on the bandwagon when the … Read more
The bad news for America’s gun control community just keeps on coming. After sales skyrocketed to almost 2.6 million firearms in March, April’s total was 1.8 million units, a 71% increase over the year-ago total. From Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting: Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting (SAAF) estimates April 2020 U.S. firearms unit sales at … Read more
Still more hand-wringing from those who see hundreds of thousands of first-time gun buyers (and counting) and realize the damage being done to the cause impeding, reducing, controlling, and eliminating civilian gun ownership in this country. In its length, its scope, and its threat and alterations to the social fabric, this pandemic plays into the … Read more
Matthew Rosky, a North Carolinian who bought a Benelli 12-gauge shotgun for himself and a 20-gauge shotgun for his wife on April 4, said he doesn’t “plan on being relieved of my property or my life if it comes to that.” He said the couple lost their home to a landslide in 2019 and the … Read more
While it’s nice to see some businesses flourishing in these scary times, [gun store owner Gregg] Bouslog says that safety has been a huge issue at the range, as many first-time buyers seem to have gotten all of their notions about guns and gun safety from television. We tried to look at just who the … Read more
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