Posted on 07/10/2020 8:17:00 AM PDT by rktman
Just before our Independence Day celebration, British journalist Piers Morgan took to Twitter to complain about surging firearms sales here.
He tweeted, BREAKING: Just when you thought the news couldn't more depressing...8.3 million guns have been sold in the United States since March, meaning 2020 is on course to be the biggest year for gun sales in American history.
Morgan, who once told Ben Shapiro our Constitution is a mere little book, isnt the only one downplaying this incredible phenomenon. Gun control activists are touting a new UC-Davis study, absent of peer review and marked by faulty methodology, attributing historic numbers to excess firearms purchases.
What exactly is depressing about more Americans buying guns? How is responsible, law-abiding gun ownership excessive?
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I agree to a point, but it is better to be armed without training than trained without arms. Similar concern could be raised over stocking a pantry before learning how to cook. You can learn to use what you have, but the highest-skilled artisan can't use what may no longer be available. Training will still be available.
I've been relegated to purchasing online from Ammunition Depot.
He’s just jealous because you can’t even buy a cork gin in the formerly glorious UK.
Oh really there is a shortage in PA especially for the 380 bodyguard. I will check it out.
The only depressing thing is that I did not buy a gun this year.
I prefer to buy from Academy, specifically the Lewisville store. Their staff is excellent, and it's only a few miles from where I live.
But, they're having supply problems like everyone else.
Biggest Year Yet,
Perhaps.
The Shops are
EMPTY!
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