Americans have gone on a buying spree for guns
Americans have gone on a buying spree for guns
While gun sales have been climbing for decades, Americans went on an unusual, prolonged buying spree fueled by the pandemic, last summer's protests and the fears they stoked.
By Sabrina Tavernise
New York Times
May 29, 2021 — 2:28pm
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WASHINGTON — It was another week with another horrific mass shooting. In cities across the country, gun homicides were climbing. Democrats and Republicans argued over the causes. President Joe Biden said enough.
But beneath the timeworn political cycle on guns in the United States, the country's appetite for firearms has only been increasing, with more being bought by more Americans than ever before.