Guns in America: Nearly 40 million guns were purchased legally in 2020 and another 4.1 million bought in January

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Guns in America: Nearly 40 million guns were purchased legally in 2020 and another 4.1 million bought in January

U.S. gun sales in January surged 60% to 4,137,480. This makes it the largest single month since figures started to be recorded in 1998.

The rise is part of a trend. Gun sales in the United States rose 40% last year to 39,695,315.

Growing civil unrest may have prompted people to buy guns for personal and family protection, many social scientists have posited, although this remains a matter of debate. Another theory is that chaos brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is a major cause. A new UC Davis School of Medicine study about fear of violence reports: "The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated persistent structural, economic, and social inequities in the conditions that contribute to violence and its consequences."

Who bought these guns? 

CBS News pointed out that over 5 million people were first-time gun buyers last year. 

CNN reported a sharp rise in sales to Black Americans and women. "Sales to women are also up 40% through September when compared with the same period last year," the news network pointed out.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/02/10/this-is-how-many-guns-were-sold-in-all-50-states/43371461/

[Ryzen_renoir]

There is a major ammunition shortage right now , since many republicans feel Biden would ban guns . 

The gun market is crazy hot , everything is out of stock 

[Assam_Bhayya]

It was a "war" on covid kada, invisible enemy tho fight/war/yuddham chesthunnam ani WHO and all govts repeated ga chepthunte andharu konipadesaaru gun lu "yuddam kosam"