Posted on 01/21/2022 4:56:16 AM PST by Enlightened1
The past two years have witnessed gun sales the likes of which have never been seen before. It’s not just Red states either. The totals include big numbers in Blue states already home to some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.
With the midterm elections less than 10 months away, elected officials supporting more gun control could be in for a rude awakening given the shifting Second Amendment support among their voting constituencies.
Gun Sales Blue Wave
Law-abiding Americans took firm control over their personal safety and Second Amendment rights in 2020 and recorded 21 million background checks for gun sales. That number dipped only slightly in 2021 for a total of 18.5 million. Those numbers include more than 8.4 million first-time gun buyers in 2020 and more than 3.2 million in the first half alone of 2021.
National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) verifications weren’t just processed in Red, pro-Second Amendment leaning states, however. Some of the biggest figures in the previous 12 months came from Blue states, typically home of strict gun control laws.
Of the seven states that processed more than one million NICS checks in the last year, two have Democratic governors, Democratic state legislatures and strict gun control laws. According to NSSF’s adjusted FBI NICS data, Illinois led the way among background checks processed in 2021 totaling more than 8.4 million checks for the year. An exception to most, that total includes checks run and rerun for Illinois Firearm Ownership Identification (FOID) cards and Concealed Carry Licenses (CCLs). California came in next with nearly 1.5 million checks run......
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Total hypocrites.
The dumbass Irish "Mexican", Beto Bandito, says he is running for Texas governor for only one reason. He wants to disarm Texans. ROTFL. What a loser.
People just realize with the police hands tied, laws not being followed nor enforced, and all the illegals coming in bringing their violent criminal cultures with them. It just makes perfect sense to arm yourself for you and your families sake.
This. A friend of mine grew up in a bad area of San Jose. Regardless of party preference, guns were a standard household item because everyone knew the police were overwhelmed.
We've even got some gun owning liberal creeps on FR.
History kind of dictates that wars will be started by the left, not always won by the left, but started by the left.
We can regularly get 9mm and 5.56 NATO, but little else. Haven’t gotten shotgun ammo in months and you can forget about hunting ammo or any other round.
“Blue State Citizens Are Buying Guns At A Record Pace”
First time gun owners. Don’t assume you can buy a gun, put it in the closet and then pull it out in an emergency, load it and then think you can hit the target you are shooting at. Get expert training on how to use it and then practice practice practice at a shooting range else you might end up shooting a loved one by mistake.
We live in a blue state (CA), finally bought our first firearms (for Christmas).
They need protection too.
Good! I don’t care what their political bent. Once you spend $400+ for a gun, you are much more reluctant to have somebody take it from you.
Unless local commies are coordinating with the PRCs.
Oh wait!
The PRCs are embedded in our schools, businesses and GOVERNMENT!
Purchasing a weapon will only make more trouble, if the law and the courts are not sympathetic. Shooting, even in self-defense, could land you in a long expensive legal swamp.
A lot of red voters living in blue states.
Does;
“Carried by Six or
Judged by Twelve”
Mean anything to You?
.
Just asking.
That’s a GOOD price.
I just got 500 AR15 rounds about a 72 hr Fed X delivered. $235. https://www.ammoman.com they usually have a sale going on that price came with free shipping. SALES TAX for your state though.
Which is none for NH.
FFL’s in Kentucky are up to their eyeballs in 9mm ball ammo.
38 special and 357 magnum.....now that’s a different story. I have to drive deep out into the state to hometown owned dealers but I can find it there in small quantities.
Big box stores act like they see no light at the end of the tunnel for rimmed revolver cartridges.
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