President Trump may be remembered as the stock market record-growth president. Biden, among his incompetencies, is quickly becoming known as the soaring-gun-sales president.
From Washington EXAMINER , the FBI and the firearms industry reported Tuesday that sales and gun background checks far exceeded past records as people grew increasingly worried that the new Biden administration will impose gun controls.
When adjusted just for gun sale background checks, the National Shooting Sports Foundation said that the increase over January 2020 was 75.2%. While not an exact count, the numbers generally track sales.
FBI records showed 4,317,804 background check applications, a 60% increase over January 2020. That also includes checks for concealed carry permits and other gun issues.
And not only was it the highest number of background checks ever recorded (overall and just for guns), but it also doesn’t include thousands of gun purchases in states where the check isn’t required.
Some states saw astronomical increases. Michigan was one of them. “NSSF-adjusted NICS for the state of Michigan in January 2021 were 264.4% higher than January 2020, which accounts for an additional 57,016 checks over the same time period,” the group told industry officials.
Let’s be realistic; we can’t credit Biden with all these sales. The country has had a year of pandemic; and Antifa and Black Lives Matter protests have caused personal safety concerns, dramatically pushing gun sales for the year.
Also there have been the cancel culture movement, the destruction of the nation’s monuments, the takeover of the inner cities, and the fright of our rights being squeezed. Particularly, our First Amendment and Second Amendment rights.
It’s no exaggeration to say that Biden and the Democrats have become dangerously more radical and people are right to be worried that he’ll come for their guns.
It hasn’t just been new gun purchases that have skyrocketed. Ammo sales have also gone through the roof. To the point that shortages are being reported throughout the country and prices are rising.
Manufacturers like Federal say they are producing more ammo than they ever have and they still can’t keep up with demand.
So in reality, this is a really bad time to be a new gun buyer because ammo has reached insane price levels and I don’t know if it will ever come back down.
This certainly is not a time in America to let down our guard. People are encouraged to educate themselves and their families on such basics as preparedness, a neighbor support system, contingency plans, and self defense.
What say you Def-Con News readers? Why have you purchased those guns this year? Is it the illegitimate Democrat takeover of government that encouraged you to purchase? Have you taken steps to obtain a Concealed Carry License? How about ammo? If you’ve bought ammo recently, have you been faced with price increases? Do you talk with fellow Patriots about the shortages of guns and ammo? What rationale do they opine for what is going on?
