Are most American civilians prepared for Guerrilla warfare like the kids were in Red Dawn?
America has more guns than any other nation in the world – and that number continues to grow each year. After fighting for their independence, the founding fathers enshrined Americans’ right to firearms in the Second Amendment. This spirit of personal freedom and liberty has carried down through the years and is evident in America’s gun culture today.
Because of this Constitutionally guaranteed right, Americans own more guns per capita than any other country.
5 Million More Americans Became Gun Owners During Pandemic
Dec. 21, 2021
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
(HEALTHDAY)
TUESDAY, Dec. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a surge in new gun owners across the U.S., a new study finds.
The data shows that between January 2020 and April 30 of this year, 5.1 million Americans bought their first guns, following 2.4 million who did so in 2019.
The numbers are concerning, experts said, because when guns are brought into a home for the first time, everyone who lives there is newly exposed to the risks — including accidents, homicide and suicide.
Early on in the pandemic, signs emerged that Americans were "panic buying" firearms. Federal figures showed a surge in background checks, while some online firearm retailers reported soaring sales, according to Giffords, a gun-violence prevention group.
Only two formal studies, published in medical journals, have examined the issue. And neither looked at first-time gun buying before the pandemic, for a comparison.
The new study — published online Dec. 21 in Annals of Internal Medicine — did just that.
And the researchers found that 2020 did indeed see a surge in overall gun buying: An estimated 16.6 million U.S. adults bought a firearm, compared to 13.8 million in 2019.
Most of those buyers already had a gun in the home, said lead researcher Dr. Matthew Miller, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston. But owing to that overall spike, the absolute number of first-time buyers rose as well.
In 2019, 2.4 million Americans became new gun owners — a figure that swelled to 3.8 million in 2020.
Miller said tracking trends in new gun ownership is important, because it offers a picture of how many people may be newly exposed to the hazards of having a gun in the home.
Gun Sales Finally Decline in January 2022 From Recent Record Pace
Just under 1.3 million firearms were sold in January 2022, a decrease from more than two million guns during the same time period a year ago.
Hypothetically speaking would most people be ready if Russia and their allies tried anything on over here?
America has more guns than any other nation in the world – and that number continues to grow each year. After fighting for their independence, the founding fathers enshrined Americans’ right to firearms in the Second Amendment. This spirit of personal freedom and liberty has carried down through the years and is evident in America’s gun culture today.
Because of this Constitutionally guaranteed right, Americans own more guns per capita than any other country.
5 Million More Americans Became Gun Owners During Pandemic
Dec. 21, 2021
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
(HEALTHDAY)
TUESDAY, Dec. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a surge in new gun owners across the U.S., a new study finds.
The data shows that between January 2020 and April 30 of this year, 5.1 million Americans bought their first guns, following 2.4 million who did so in 2019.
The numbers are concerning, experts said, because when guns are brought into a home for the first time, everyone who lives there is newly exposed to the risks — including accidents, homicide and suicide.
Early on in the pandemic, signs emerged that Americans were "panic buying" firearms. Federal figures showed a surge in background checks, while some online firearm retailers reported soaring sales, according to Giffords, a gun-violence prevention group.
Only two formal studies, published in medical journals, have examined the issue. And neither looked at first-time gun buying before the pandemic, for a comparison.
The new study — published online Dec. 21 in Annals of Internal Medicine — did just that.
And the researchers found that 2020 did indeed see a surge in overall gun buying: An estimated 16.6 million U.S. adults bought a firearm, compared to 13.8 million in 2019.
Most of those buyers already had a gun in the home, said lead researcher Dr. Matthew Miller, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston. But owing to that overall spike, the absolute number of first-time buyers rose as well.
In 2019, 2.4 million Americans became new gun owners — a figure that swelled to 3.8 million in 2020.
Miller said tracking trends in new gun ownership is important, because it offers a picture of how many people may be newly exposed to the hazards of having a gun in the home.
Gun Sales Finally Decline in January 2022 From Recent Record Pace
Just under 1.3 million firearms were sold in January 2022, a decrease from more than two million guns during the same time period a year ago.
Hypothetically speaking would most people be ready if Russia and their allies tried anything on over here?
