Gun Sales - Page 3

National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates that ammunition sales were up 139 percent in the first six months 2020 as compared to sales during the first six months of 2019.

An ammo shortage is being witnessed nationwide as Americans react to civil unrest by buying up firearms and the ammunition needed to use them for self-defense.

August 2020 was the eighth consecutive month of record background checks for gun sales and transfers. 

As millions of Americans have poured into gun stores and set background check records for seven straight months the normally vocal gun grabbers on the left have gone silent.

Applications for firearm purchases in New Jersey have surged to a point that this year has already witnessed more applications than were submitted in 2018 and 2019 combined.

A Rasmussen Reports survey shows likely voter support for gun control has dropped double digits since this time last year.

Gun purchases in the state of New York jumped 121 percent in June 2020, compared to the sales which took place in June 2019. 

Figures from the FBI show that July 2020 was the seventh consecutive month of record firearm background checks. 

Amid the surge in gun sales that began in March and continues even now, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) estimates 40 percent of sales are going to first time gun buyers. 

Virginia gun sales surged 157 percent during the month of June as Virginians reacted to coronavirus uncertainties, protests and riots, and the steady growth of gun control under Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) Democrat-led state government.

The trifecta of coronavirus fears, George Floyd protests, and the push to defund the police has resulted in surging gun sales in Minnesota. 

As concerns over self-defense became more pronounced in 2020, initially during the cornonavirus hysteria and then during the current spate of protests and riots, two million Americans became first-time gun owners.

West Palm Beach Florida Mayor Keith James declared a 72-hour State of Local Emergency on May 31, 2020, in response to riotous protests and the declaration includes a ban on gun and ammunition sales throughout the city.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is allowing ‘drive-up’ sales of firearms during the cornonavirus shutdown.

The gun sales surge accompanying the Chinese conronavirus pandemic is overwhelming both state and federal background check systems.

It seems like only yesterday that Joe Biden was talking about the guns he was going to ban and the gun makers he wanted leftists to be able to sue into oblivion. 

Amid the rush for guns and ammo sales, a store owner in Arizona told Breitbart News the buying surge surpasses even the tremendous run witnessed during the post-Sandy Hook gun control push.

Gun sales in Colorado jumped 100 percent last week in reaction to the ongoing coronavirus threat and looming prospect of civil unrest should a worse-case scenario arise.

Ammo.com says the company saw a 276 percent sales increase last week alone as coronavirus concerns rose and seized the nation.

The Los Angeles Times reports that gun stores are one aspect of the economy seeing a surge in business as Californians react to coronavirus news.

Champaign, Illinois, Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen (D) issued an executive order that gives her the power to halt firearm sales in the city.

California gun sales are surging as Asian Americans arm up to defend themselves, should they be targeted by people angry over the existence of the Corona virus. 

Americans underwent over 200,000 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks, portending the purchase of enough guns to arm every active duty Marine.

Walmart has quietly instructed employees to remove any signage or displays that “contain violent themes or aggressive behavior.”

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries has ruled that retailers in the state must sell long guns to 18-year-olds who wish to purchase them and have no criminal record to prevent the purchase.

Banks and credit card companies are exploring ways to detect when their customers are purchasing firearms and/or firearm accessories.

Gun control proponent David Hogg is pushing a boycott of mutual fund companies invested in firearm manufacturer stocks.

Wells Fargo stemmed the tide of the push for new financial restrictions on gun makers and sellers by stressing that it is not a bank’s job to set U.S. gun policy.

Kroger subsidiary Fred Meyer announced they will no longer sell firearms and ammunition. The superstore has been selling guns and ammo at roughly 45 stores in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska.

Kroger announced Thursday that it will not longer sell firearms or ammunition to persons under 21 years of age.

FBI stats show Black Friday 2017 shattered the single-day background check record by logging over 200,000 checks.

Amid all the establishment media chatter about a “Trump Slump” in gun sales, National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) Mike Bazinet says the evidence indicates 2017 could be the second or third highest year for background checks in the past two decades.

The first six months of 2017 witnessed the second largest number of firearm background checks ever recorded for the first half of a given year, according to the FBI.

Dan Savage said the right in politics is only talking of the violence of the left because it needs a way to re-energize gun sales.

Months after the 19-month streak of record-breaking background checks came to an end, the number of background checks for April 2017 reached near-record levels.

The election of President Trump – coupled with Republican control of the House and Senate – shows that “Democrats are good for gun sales.”