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New Gun Buyers Not Buying Gun Control

Ammoland Inc. Posted on April 12, 2022 by Jim Grant

By Salam Fatohi

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U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Rising crime rates continue to remind Americans that they are their own first responder when it comes to their personal safety. Police work hard to protect communities but can’t be at all places at all times. That reality gained newfound importance at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

March of 2020, things changed for gun-buying patterns in America. It was the same month that pandemic lockdowns began and police warned their own departments were affected too. Calls to 9-1-1, some departments warned, would be triaged, or worse, not answered for lack of manpower. That was before the violence that erupted after the unfortunate death of George Floyd and the crime rate that hasn’t seemed to abate.

Gun-buying by Americans hit record rates and it included new groups many never associated with lawful firearm ownership.

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Despite the fact that numerous cities across the country were literally on fire, prominent talking heads and media personalities in the antigun arena, activists, and politicians alike all went.