coronavirus emergency

Why Americans are Buying Guns: Red Cross Worries About COVID19 Urban Violence

(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Social unrest could erupt among the urban poor and marginalised in the West’s biggest cities as they lack sources of income amid the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the International Federation…


Delaware Governor Backs Down, Designates Gun Stores as Essential

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo (Kris Craig/Providence Journal via AP, Pool) From the Second Amendment Foundation . . . The State of Delaware has backed away from closing gun shops during the current Coronavirus pandemic…


How Far Will Would-Be Tyrants Get Before America’s Gun Owners Say ‘Enough’

By Anthony Quintano from Honolulu, HI, United States – This file has been extracted from another file: Facebook F8 2017 San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo (33272015914).jpg, CC BY 2.0, Link Politicians both left and right…


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…


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…



Illinois Governor Pritzker Gets it Right, Designates Gun and Ammunition Suppliers as Essential in Emergency

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) From the Second Amendment Foundation: The Second Amendment Foundation applauds Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for including firearm and ammunition suppliers on the list of “essential businesses and…


Post-Gazette: Buying Firearms and Carrying a Gun Right Now Isn’t Helpful

People wait in line to enter gun seller Tanner’s Sports Center in Jamison, Pa., Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Pennsylvania’s state-run background check system for gun purchases processed about three times its typical daily rate on…


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….