About 110,000 Californians have bought a gun since the coronavirus arrived

[hminsky]

About 110,000 Californians have bought a gun since the coronavirus arrived, study says

About 110,000 Californians have purchased a firearm since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including about 47,000 first-time gun owners, a survey finds.

www.latimes.com

 

[Broc]

That is around 0.28% of the population.

I love all the fear and BS in the article.

Considering that there are just over 4 million California gun owners, that finding suggests that roughly 55,000 additional households now have a loaded firearm within reach of unauthorized users. About half of those who acknowledged such a switch lived in homes with children or teens.

Finally, the survey results painted a worrisome picture of the state and its residents. Among those surveyed, 13.3% said they knew someone who might physically hurt themselves on purpose — and 7.5% of those respondents said the person they were thinking of had suffered a pandemic-related loss.

 

[greencobra]

shit in front of my house will ya?.......pew pew

 

[mac1911]

110k thats not much,

 

[greencobra]

the white arm of nfac in california

 

[MaverickNH]

No doubt the estimated 2.1 million guns legally sold in the US in the 1st 3mo of the COVID19 Pandemic will be claimed to have caused the spike in violent crime. Who wants to use one of the 420 million *old* guns in the US to commit violent crime during a *new* pandemic?

The paper referenced was posted to a preprint server - one of several that allow early publication of un-reviewed research that may benefit critical response to medical concerns like the COVID19 pandemic. Of course, since gun violence has been an epidemic for decades, such critical research needs to be seen in the run up to the election. Now that the media have already picked the story up, peer-review and publication is only a formality to justify grants from leftist foundations (Joyce, McArthur, etc.).

Gun control advocates are driving a new low in credibility...

 

[btnh6668]

I expected a higher number to be honest.

 

[general disorder]

And they will still vote for loony democrats. So ya this means absolutely nothing. but gunz so panic.

 

[Palladin]

None of them should vote for Biden

 

[TrashcanDan]

A quick interwebs search yeilds about 5 times that amount have moved out between 2018 and 2020 so far.
Thats a more fun number!

 

[Dennis in MA]

That is around 0.28% of the population.

I love all the fear and BS in the article.

This. So Joltin Joe will win by 110K less votes but still take 80% of CA.