coronavirus gun sales

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….




Hornady: We’re Committed to Maintaining Production [VIDEO]

Courtesy Hornady From Hornady . . . Hornady Manufacturing Company is still in full operation and will endeavor to conduct business as usual through the coronavirus crisis. We are committed to keep production going during…


With a 10-Day Waiting Period, Mandatory Stay-At-Home Order Means California Buyers Can’t Get Their Guns

A gun store customer that gave his name only at John waits in line, Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The national gun sales surge began in earnest late last…


What FFLs Need to Know During the Coronavirus Gun Buying Surge

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…


San Jose Mayor Orders Gun Shop Closed as ‘Non-essential’

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia,File) During a national emergency with unprecedented demand for guns nationwide, San Jose’s Mayor — someone who wanted to require gun owners to buy liability insurance — has…


Gun Retailers Changing How They Do Business During the Coronavirus Gun Buying Surge

Stephanie Miller, of Atlanta, purchases a shotgun and handgun and several boxes of ammunition at Adventure Outdoors Monday, March 16, 2020, in Smyrna, Ga. Miller said she had been on the fence about guns but…


Coronavirus Gun Sales Surge Demonstrates That Americans Want Firearms

Stephanie Miller, of Atlanta, places shotgun in her shopping cart as she checks out Adventure Outdoors Monday, March 16, 2020, in Smyrna, Ga. Miller said she had been on the fence about guns but with…


Why Americans are Buying Guns: Cities Not Arresting Criminals for Many Crimes During Coronavirus Emergency

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) When the Great Coronavirus Gun Run first got under way in earnest last week, sneering, sniggering critics in the media made great sport of tsk-tsking at all the stupid rubes, ridiculing them…