Covid Pandemic boosts and changes U.S. gun sales

In March 2020, with the first pandemic-related lockdowns sweeping the country, Americans were directed to hunker down in their homes. That month, they went on the biggest gun-buying spree in the country’s history. ...

Fears that a crime wave would overwhelm police appeared to drive the initial pandemic spike in March 2020, experts interviewed by HuffPost largely agreed. Semi-automatic handguns, which are closely associated with personal protection and rarely used for hunting, have accounted for a solid majority of sales since the pandemic started, according to the NSSF.

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