There are many, many more gun owners than there were last year.
Between the China Virus and the “mostly peaceful” rioting in the streets, there are new gun owners all over the country.
75% of my customers since June 1 are buying their first handgun.
The last gunshop owner i talked to in 2019 said most of his new buyers were obvious leftist, aside from a few kids coming of age. Our conversation started after i was asked by an extreme leftist, to share weapons knowledge. It made me suspicious in 2016. He was right, now we have the armed nfa coalition. They are not like you or I.
All of which is great news. I can only hope that those buying their first firearms finally understand just how much they’ve been lied to by left-wing politicians claiming buying a gun is as easy as buying ice cream. Particularly in states like Hawaii, Maryland, California, New Jersey, and New York; all their ridiculous requirements can leave you sitting there waiting for weeks or months. In 2013, Maryland’s process backlogged so badly there was an average of about 6 months to actually buy anything.
Which - of course - is exactly what their liberal legislature dreamed would happen.