In 2017 women and minorities are buying guns. Here's why

Fox News ^ | March 13, 2017 | John R Lott Jr

[richardb72]

During the 8 years he was president, Barack Obama’s administration experienced an explosion in gun sales, with annual background checks more than doubling between 2008 and 2016. In the eighteen months leading up to the 2016 election, gun sales set one new record after another.

So when a pro-Second Amendment candidate won the election most observers figured that gun sales would at last begin to drop. But it hasn’t worked out that way.

Conventional wisdom held that the sharp rise in gun sales over the course of Obama’s presidency was supposedly driven, at least in part, by the threat of gun control. That’s why everyone expected gun sales to decline after Trump’s victory. Yet, the average monthly gun sales from November through February are up from the already very high level in October.

In fact, there was a large increase in gun sales immediately following the election. November had a record-setting month for FBI background checks. On Black Friday, there was a single day record of 185,713 checks. While December sales were not quite at record levels, they were still the second highest monthly total ever. January’s and February’s sales data slipped below last January’s and February’s, but they were still the second highest January and February sales on record.

Anecdotal stories right after the election suggested that people — particularly minorities — might be buying guns out of fear of a Trump presidency. The National African-American Gun Association saw a 7% increase in members just over the Thanksgiving weekend. NBC News contacted gun storeowners who reported seeing up to four times as many black and minority customers. The Liberal Gun Club says that its membership is up 10%.

There were other signs that gun control was losing popularity. . . .

[Grampa Dave]

I actually read the article and posted John’s Anecdotal stories quote which is so unlike John.

I have been a fan of John since his first book. I bought copies of that book and gave them to the local gun dealers to handle the lies of the mediots re guns. I have given copies to our younger adult relatives with guns to rebut liberal lies about guns to force gun control on them.

So I was surprised that the good Doctor actually posted anecdotal thoughts.

At least John noted that those remarks were anecdotal.

[Celtic Conservative]

I read a source thay said approx 404 million.

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[Celtic Conservative]

...And that source would be you, Mark.

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[Trillian]

[Big Red Badger]

Profit!

[richardb72]

You didn’t follow the link to read the rest of the piece. Anedoctal stories were just at the beginning of the piece. The rest of the piece had actual data, but you obviously still haven’t read that part of the piece.