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The Trace’s Latest Fake News: Don’t Believe Your Eyes, There Is No Surge in First-Time Gun Buyers

By Larry Keane It’s been widely established that law-abiding Americans are buying firearms at record levels. No one disputes it. Gun control groups decry the trend. Supporters of the Second Amendment celebrate it. But during…

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‘Experts’ Surprised and Horrified Californians Buying Guns for the Same Reasons Everyone Else Does

Shutterstock The two most common reasons for recent firearm acquisition, according to the report, was “lawlessness” and the early releases of people from California prisons. The survey found that the fear of being attacked in one’s…


Becoming Gun Owners: Suburbanites Discovering The Government Won’t Be There to Protect Them

Bigstock On Monday it became official: The police issued me a gun permit. Never did I imagine I’d be here. Not because I was anti-gun. My dad was a career FBI agent, so my siblings…


Wintemute & Friends: All Those New Coronavirus Gun Buyers Are a Ticking Time Bomb!

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) It was bad enough that millions of people lined up outside gun stores beginning in March when national emergency was declared. Sales continued at a brisk pace as news dribbled out of…


Retailers: 40% of 2020 Gun Buyers are First-Timers and 40% of Those are Female

Adobe Stock 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…