Posted on 11/11/2020 9:30:37 AM PST by Impala64ssa
The COVID-19 pandemic and riots across the country are changing the views many people have about guns and their importance to self defense. Liberal politicians are working to defund the police in major cities which has caused an increase in crime. Citizens of those cities are learning that the police cannot protect them and they must protect themselves.
Gun sales have surged primarily due to first time gun buyers rushing to buy weapons to protect themselves. The dramatic increase in gun and ammo sales have resulted in an ammo shortage.
Many first time gun buyers are learning how difficult it can be in some states to exercise your Constitutional rights to own a firearm. Countless numbers of videos online show frustrated people trying to navigate the system.
Those who once supported gun control laws and new little about firearms are learning how difficult it can be to purchase a gun to protect themselves. They are learning that the media hype about gun show loopholes and ordering online is all false.
As a concealed carry instructor I’ve seen people from across the political landscape come to my classes. Each of these individuals said they decided to buy a gun to be able to protect themselves.
Changing views on guns will impact the political landscape as more people refuse to vote for politicians who call for more gun control laws. Political differences will remain between candidates but the one issue that will be less continuous will be the right to keep and bear arms.
Gee, I wonder why.....
It doesn’t make sense that republicans did so well and then people voted for 2 avowed gun grabbers.
--see what the new Congress starts out with on "gun safety" before you count your chickens--
First-time buyers are finding out that guns aren’t helpful without ammo, which is hard to come by in many places. Going to see a lot of people trying to defend themselves with .22LR.
They’re perfectly fine with having guns...so long as THEY have them and YOU don’t.
“The pandemic ...changing views on guns”
Do they think they can shoot the virus?
Idiot dimocrats have always wanted to take our guns, but now they want to take away our police as well. I guess they want us to trust the rioters?
Which is far better than nothing.
A well placed shot even with a 22 can do some damage.
I suspect that dealers are holding back boxes of several rounds that they never put out on the sales floor just so they have atleast 1 or maybe 2 boxes to offer for a new gun buyer; otherwise, few would even buy guns at all at this point for what is still on the shelves.
Maybe, but they don’t have the years it would take to catch up, and they aren’t very good at math.
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