Aimee Huff, Oregon State University and Michelle Barnhart, Oregon State University

Here's Why Americans Are Buying More Guns Than Ever

08.29.2020 09:00 AM

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and protests for racial justice, the gun industry’s trade association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, estimates that gun sales from March through July were 8.5 million. This is 94% higher the same period in 2019.

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