Gun Nation

Why North Americans Are Buying So Many Guns During the Coronavirus Pandemic

(AP Photo/John Locher, File) Noah S. Schwartz, Carleton University The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in gun sales. Estimates based on background checks show that an estimated 2.6 million guns were sold in the…


Buying Guns During the Coronavirus Emergency is ‘Retail Therapy’

Courtesy Yelp “I’ve been here my whole life doing this,” said [Gun Room owner Shaun] Lacasse, whose father opened the [Portland, Oregon] store in 1965. “I’m 52 years old, I grew up behind this counter….


Liberal Gun Buyers Discover Their Hatred of Firearms Was A Matter of Projection

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…


Nothing Makes Gun Grabbers Angrier Than Hundreds of Thousands of New American Gun Owners

(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) By Larry Keane When kicking a nest of vipers, there’s bound to be some hissing. That’s what happens when the light of truth shines into the darkest corners. That’s what’s happening right…



Alyssa Milano Implores Americans to #StopTheCoronavirusGunSurge

Courtesy Twitter Americans bought over 2 million firearms in March of 2020, over a million more than this time last year. We have to keep each other safe by social distancing and washing our hands…


Industry Response Validates the ‘Essential’ Work of Keeping Gun Businesses Open

David Liu, right, owner of a gun store, takes an order from a customer in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) By Larry Keane The firearm industry is open for business. With exceptions of trouble…


Harvard Law Student Displays a Gun During Online Class

Bigstock The incoming president of Harvard’s FedSoc chapter decided to spice up the Criminal Procedure: Adjudications Zoom lecture with a firearm, presumably to “own the libs” because that’s the only motivation for anything anymore. And…