The coronavirus pandemic in the US has been accompanied by soaring gun sales attributed to fears around social unrest and crime and, in some cases, people having more time for hunting. On Saturday, he said: “You need to remember that 8m or 9m guns were sold to first-time buyers during the pandemic. In Nanuet, New York on Saturday, a similar story of demand and shortage was told at Good Guys Guns & Ammo. Manager Joe O’Healy said ammunition sales had increased tenfold and deliveries of 10,000 rounds were selling out within three days. “In the first six to nine months of the pandemic we sold out of firearms and ammunition every time we got them,” he said.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2021 12:11 UTC