Guns & Ammo Sales Skyrocketing
Gun sales are up. Again.
It tends to happen every election season, especially when a Democrat challenges and wins the presidency, according to shop owners and industry observers. The pandemic and nationwide protests in 2020 fueled people’s willingness to buy guns or stock up on ammunition, experts say.
“People are worried for their safety,” said Andi Turner, the legislative director for the Texas State Rifle Association.
Calls for defunding the police, the new president and the pandemic are making people rush to gun stores, Turner said.
At Intrepid Shooting Sports in Fort Worth, ammo shelves are wiped clean and some gun racks are empty.
“Pretty much every election season is like this,” said owner Chris Mayhall, who’s been in the gun industry for about six years.
Mayhall said his sales doubled in 2020 compared to 2019, and he has seen a lot of first-time buyers. By August, there were about 5 million new gun owners in 2020, according to a National Shooting Sports Foundation report.
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