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Report: 40 Percent of Surging Gun Sales Are to First-Time Buyers
Breitbart ^ | July 16 2020 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 07/16/2020 12:53:30 PM PDT by knighthawk

Amid the surge in gun sales that began in March and continues even now, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) estimates 40 percent of sales are going to first-time gun buyers.

A report by the Wall Street Journal cites the NSSF estimate, noting that the FBI “processed 7.8 million background checks for gun purchases from March to June.”

The report pointed out that handguns make up the predominant portion of firearms being purchased, and that “nearly two handguns, commonly used for self-protection, are being sold for every rifle or shotgun.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; districtofcolumbia; gunsales; jeffbezos; nra; secondamendment; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I hear ya. Quite a while back I was in a field shooting tin cans in the prone position. A couple airmen from the local base asked if they could set up and shoot beside me. I said yes.

Within five minutes while I was getting ready to squeeze one off, one of those clowns walked right in front of my weapon.


41 posted on 07/16/2020 3:05:00 PM PDT by redfreedom
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To: Beagle8U

What Wally World do you have! You must live in Wyoming, or Alaska.


42 posted on 07/16/2020 3:20:06 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: JusPasenThru

“One thing is that it is hard to find a gun safety class that isn’t booked out passed Labor Day.”

Just contact a friend or family member that is in LEO or is a military veteran.


43 posted on 07/16/2020 3:22:31 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Beagle8U

“I got Savage Axis-2 .223 with bull barrel, camo stock, and 4x12x50 Bushnell scope for......less than...$300 !”

That’s a good deal.


44 posted on 07/16/2020 3:23:18 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Beagle8U

May have some issues finding 28 ga shotgun shells.


45 posted on 07/16/2020 3:36:08 PM PDT by HP8753 (Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
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To: FLT-bird

Libs need a big dose of the truth.


46 posted on 07/16/2020 3:54:31 PM PDT by JusPasenThru (If Biden wins he will kill Republicans.)
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To: lurk
All of these new gun owners will need some training on where and when and why.
My brother taught pistol shooting at a range. He said that the ladies were the easiest to teach. One of his pupils had been told to buy a pistol and go to the range and learn to use it by the local police chief because she had been threatened by an ex-boy friend. Good advice; she came home and found him waiting for her in the kitchen with a butcher knife. She solved her problem permanently.
47 posted on 07/16/2020 3:57:26 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Magnum44

hahaha love it


48 posted on 07/16/2020 4:05:31 PM PDT by visualops (WooHoo Trump Train! Get on board or get out of the way!)
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To: JusPasenThru

Me too. Haven’t been to the range yet but soon...soon :)


49 posted on 07/16/2020 4:06:03 PM PDT by visualops (WooHoo Trump Train! Get on board or get out of the way!)
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To: knighthawk

I have so many guns I don’t even know how many off the top of my head. Most are loaded and strictly placed thought out my home where my wife and I always have one nearby should the need arise. My shooting range is in my back yard. Its nice living in rural Alabama, a still free state.


50 posted on 07/16/2020 4:16:48 PM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Beagle8U
My son said they had a Hatfield 28 ga auto-loader for about $200 !

Not necessarily a bargain. I've read a few reviews of the (Turkish-built) Hatfield semi-auto. Seems that they need a *lot* of break-in shooting before they begin functioning reliably. That alone is going to double the price of the gun, given the cost of 28-gauge ammo.

51 posted on 07/16/2020 4:18:32 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: knighthawk

90% of these folks will silently join us Nov 3rd and vote for Donald J. Trump and a Republican House Rep and Senator.


52 posted on 07/16/2020 4:18:52 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: Spirochete
Mostly liberal gun buyers who will continue to be and vote anti-gun.

As far as I can recall, the only federal gun prohibition law we've passed in the past twenty years has been a ban on bump stocks.

53 posted on 07/16/2020 4:44:51 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Tacticalman; lodi90

Bottom line,,,
If “this goes Hot”
Alot of slightly used
Firearms will be
Available!
“Neverused,Dropped once.”


54 posted on 07/16/2020 4:59:08 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (READ,,,Stanford Prison Experiment)
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To: Big Red Badger

BIG “IF!”


55 posted on 07/16/2020 5:03:41 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (READ,,,Stanford Prison Experiment)
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To: JCL3

“And a Mossberg 20 gauge for super cheap to go with the 15 year old one that has never given a bit of trouble.”

$189 at Academy in June. 22” barrel, 5+1 for my wife who has trouble with a 12 ga.

Great deal.

Finding an 18.5” barrel has been the chore. On the Mossberg site daily hitting refresh until the get restocked. Said it would be 4-6 weeks.


56 posted on 07/16/2020 5:23:13 PM PDT by Larry - Moe and Curly
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To: visualops

It’s fun.

I watched a ton of safety videos before I set foot on the range. I was so startled when I fired a round that I jumped. Now I’ve fired about 450 rounds. After going through my “sniper” phase I’ve been focusing on the 5 meter target. I still pull a little to the left (a common problem with nubs) but my grouping is getting better.

If I have the time I’ll go tomorrow.


57 posted on 07/16/2020 5:28:27 PM PDT by JusPasenThru (If Biden wins he will kill Republicans.)
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To: Beagle8U

Not finding ANY Firearms at all on WallyWorld.com ?

Have not been to the store in a while. I thought they went all PC on Us a while back.


58 posted on 07/16/2020 6:28:27 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: HP8753; Beagle8U

“May have some issues finding 28 ga shotgun shells.” [HP8753, post 45]

Not necessarily.

In our area (western SD), Wal-Mart and Cabelas have had 28 ga on their shelves routinely, through all panics and upsets. 16 ga is tougher to find.


59 posted on 07/16/2020 6:54:35 PM PDT by schurmann
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To: knighthawk

Buy SWBI. Around 22 sh pegged at 28


60 posted on 07/17/2020 6:00:36 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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