The True Cost of Buying Your First Handgun
(courtesy Heather Myers) By Rob Aught Sticker shock. Anyone who has ever shopped for a car knows what it is. I was somewhat surprised to find out it can apply to firearm purchases as well….
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The New York Times Discovers That Blacks Buy Guns for the Same Reasons Everyone Else Does
Courtesy New York Times “Guns are dangerous. I never wanted one in my home. But a month ago, I bought a handgun and I learned how to shoot it,” says Kat Traylor. “Right now, I…
NSSF: 2.17 Million Guns Sold in June, Up 136% Over Last Year, Q2 Sales Up 93%…At Least
Adobe Stock After the FBI released their raw NICS totals, this morning, the NSSF has now released the adjusted NICS firearm background check totals for June. The NSSF’s numbers correct for background checks run for…
CCRKBA: Millions of First-Time Gun Owners Will Re-Shape the Gun Debate
(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) The recent gun-buying surge that began with the COVID-19 pandemic panic and continued through the civil unrest and riots following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody has created…
Americans Buying Guns Because They Can’t Count on Beleaguered Police or Soft-on-Crime Pols to Protect Them
Image by Oleg Volk. Used with permission. blog.olegvolk.net In recent weeks, Americans voted with their wallets — again — and have stripped gun retailers’ shelves bare of most guns and ammo. Between the Chinese flu…
Gun Control Advocates’ Long List of Lies Have Put Law-Abiding Americans at Risk
Storefront Sikhs courtesy Twitter Dats the good stuff pic.twitter.com/5wCcuz8DTc — WeaponOutfitters.com (@WeaponOutfitter) June 1, 2020 By Teresa Inacker We all know that Moms Demand Action and Everytown are against “gun violence.” Have you ever asked…
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…
It Took a Pandemic for Me to Finally Buy a Gun…or Two
Bigstock By Patrick Buchanan I recently purchased my first gun and, if you’re scoring at home, shortly thereafter I bought a second one. My story is not unique. There were over 3.7 million firearm background…
Another Record Month: 1.8 Million Guns Sold in April, Up 71% Over 2019
Stephanie Miller of Atlanta, buys guns and ammunition. Miller said she had been on the fence about guns but with recent events she decided to buy guns. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) The bad news for America’s…
‘Experts’: Buying a Gun in a Pandemic Gives People a Feeling of Control
Bigstock Still more hand-wringing from those who see hundreds of thousands of first-time gun buyers (and counting) and realize the damage being done to the cause impeding, reducing, controlling, and eliminating civilian gun ownership in…