coronavirus guns

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…

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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…


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…


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…