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LA County Sheriff Closes Gun Sellers, Then Backs Down Under Blowback, Cities Reopening Stores

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva saw an opportunity yesterday and took it. Governor Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order shutting down most businesses in the…

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Americans Still Waiting in Line for Hours to Buy Guns, Ammunition

David Liu, right, owner of a gun store, takes an order from a customer in Arcadia, Calif., Sunday, March 15, 2020. Coronavirus concerns have led to consumer panic buying of grocery staples and now gun…


Ammopocalypse Now! and Other COVID19-Induced Hysteria [VIDEO]

Courtesy tennessee.edu This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For a deeper dive into the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights…



Ammogeddon II: Stories from the Gun Store Sales Floor [VIDEO]

(AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane) I’m a gun dealer. I’ve seen some crazy stuff over the years and I have some interesting stories. Ever since last Friday, our phones have been ringing off the hook with…



NSSF Asks Homeland Security to Designate Gun Manufacturers, Retailers a ‘National Critical Infrastructure Industry’

Dan Z. for TTAG As more states issue shelter-in-place orders, closing businesses and confining people to their homes unless shopping for food or medicine, the nation’s firearms and ammunition manufacturers have begun to be affected….


Ammogeddon II: How Much Ammunition is Enough Now?

Do you have enough ammo? (Photo credit: Kat Ainsworth) We’ve all seen the headlines and “breaking news” reports expressing delighted horror over the “stockpile” found in a suspect’s home. Maybe it’s three rifles and 250…


Here’s the Ammunition Americans Have Been Buying Most During Ammogeddon II

Bigstock With Americans clamoring for all of the ammunition they can get their hands on, the folks at Ammo.com have been busy. The sales surge started well before the declaration of a national emergency, but…


A Lot More Americans are Discovering What’s Really Required to Buy a Gun

Empty shelves after the gun rush at Spartan Arms in Las Vegas (courtesy Spartan Arms We’ve been in contact with a number of retailers around the country today and over the weekend and they report…