Gun sales surging in New Mexico Share Updated: 5:59 PM MDT May 6, 2021 Share Updated: 5:59 PM MDT May 6, 2021
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Show Transcript YOUR CHILD IS REALLY STRUGGLING, CONSIDER CONTACTING A PSYCHOLOGIST OR PSYCHIATRIST. SHELLY: GUN SALES SKYROCKETED IN NEW MEXICO DURING THE PANDEMIC, WITH MANY WOMEN BUYING HANDGUNS FOR THE FIRST TIME. DOUG: TARGET 7 COMBED THROUGH FBI DATA, AND WENT TO A GUN SHOP TO FIND OUT WHY. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE BUYING GUNS IN NEW MEXICO DURING COVID. I PROBABLY BOUGHT FOR. A COUPLE OF HANDGUNS AND RIFLES. DOUG: LOOK AT THIS CHART FROM THE FBI, MORE THAN 200,000 GUNS WERE SOLD IN OUR STATE LAST YEAR. THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 28% FROM 2019, AND ITS THE MOST FIREARMS SOLD IN THE LAST TWO DECADES. I ENJOY GUNS. SOME GUNS I LIKE BETTER THAN OTHERS. I NEVER MET WHEN I DIDN’T LIKE. DOUG: IN 2020, WE WERE 21ST IN THE NATION IN THE NUMBER OF GUNS SOLD PER CAPITA. NEW MEXICANS LOVE THEIR GUNS AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE. DOUG: AB