Gun Panic Buying 2021

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Looks like this year is going to make 2020 look silly. But with no inventory, what is actually going into the hands of consumers. I feel bad for the young gun enthusiasts right now:


Frenzy of gun buying after Biden's election helps 2020 smash previous national record​

NEWTOWN - The frenzy of gun buying across the nation in December following the election of Democrat Joe Biden piled on to what was already an unprecedented year for firearm sales, breaking the previous year’s national record by 40 percent.


“If I were to tell you at the beginning of 2020 that we would end 2020 like this you would have thought I was insane,” said Mark Oliva, spokesman for the Newtown-based National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry. “And what we know from December is that if there had been more inventory, sales would have been even higher.”


The 3.9 million firearms background checks recorded by the FBI in December was the most ever recorded in a single month. The record December gave 2020 a total of 39.7 million background checks, surpassing the 2019 record of 28 million background checks by 40 percent.

Connecticut, despite its strict gun laws, saw an increase in firearm sale activity of 27 percent over 2019 with 219,000 background checks - the most in the state since the threat of a Democratic White House in 2016 prompted 317,700 background checks.

The run on guns is expected to continue into the spring as manufacturers catch up to the demand, and as Biden and a new Democratic majority in Congress pursue gun reform legislation.



“There is a lot of pent-up demand that’s going to take time to be satisfied, so we’re going to continue to see firearms sales elevated in the months going forward,” Oliva said. “And if we start to see a strong move to confiscate and ban modern sporting rifles, all bets are off.”

It’s important to note that 2020 was already a record year for gun sale activity by November, in part because of concern about civil unrest and the coronavirus crisis. On top of that, presidential elections typically drive firearms sales when Democratic candidates run on gun control platforms.

Biden was elected on a platform to “end our gun violence epidemic,” with “bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.” Biden also pledged to end the “online sale of firearms and ammunitions,” among other measures.
 
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