Americans bought about 2.2 million guns last month, the second-largest March figure on record, according to consultancy Small Arms Analytics and Forecasting. After hitting the annual record of almost 23 million units in 2020, gun sales in America have continued to sustain momentum. Gun sales are generally driven by recreation and safety, but there are also concerns over increasing government measures to control guns, with some people even moving to more freedom-friendly states. Kim Rhode, a six-time Olympic skeet-shooting medalist, in April 2018 sued Xavier Becerra, then-attorney general of California and current U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. The restriction on ammunition purchase for Californians meant she doesn’t have enough ammunition for her training. In March 2020, she failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games. “The ammunition ban and the lawsuit to overturn it against the State of California had a definite effect on my training,” Rhodes wrote in …
Americans Buying Guns in Record Numbers
April 3, 2021
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