Guns, Ammo & CoVid 19

Gun Sales Rise in Parts of Delaware Amid Uncertainty
https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/gun-sales-rise-parts-delaware-amid-uncertainty

DOVER, DELAWARE - Gun shops in parts of Delaware have been swamped for days in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus.

The Delaware State News reported Monday that gun sellers say that growing uncertainty as much of American life shuts down is behind many of the purchases.

Brian Brown of Smyrna Sporting Goods said that all that customers want "is ammo and guns, ammo and guns, ammo and guns." He said he's never seen a sales surge like this. ---CONTINUED---

California Residents Line Up to Buy Guns Amid Coronavirus Panic
https://www.voanews.com/episode/california-residents-line-buy-guns-amid-coronavirus-panic-4233986

Los Angeles authorities have announced that all restaurants, bars and amusement parks will be closing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Locals are spending their time in huge lines in grocery stores. But food is not the only thing people have been stocking up on in California – there are also lines in front of some gun stores. Angelina Bagdasaryan has the story narrated by Anna Rice. ---CONTINUED---

March blows past record for gun background checks amid coronavirus pandemic
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/march-gun-background-checks-amid-coronavirus-pandemic

The FBI ran more than 3.7 million gun background checks on Americans under the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in March, smashing the previous record as Americans armed themselves amid growing fears about the coronavirus pandemic.

The NICS system ran 3,740,688 background checks in March, which is 33 percent higher than the previous record of more than 2.8 million, which was set in February. The February numbers were a 34 percent uptick from the same time in 2019. The NICS system has not run fewer than 2 million background checks in one month since September 2018. ---CONTINUED---

There's no doubt in my mind that people are now in an outright panic. AND things aren't going to get any better over the next couple of months.