Speedo66
Member
According to this article, March was surpassed only by sales around the time of the Sandy Hook shooting and post election panic in Jan. 2013.
March sales figures are based on requests for background checks, and totaled 1.9 million, vs. 2 million in Jan. '13.
Pres. Trump, after lobbying by the gun industry, declared gun stores essential businesses thus allowing them to stay open.
Here's the article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/01/business/coronavirus-gun-sales.html
March sales figures are based on requests for background checks, and totaled 1.9 million, vs. 2 million in Jan. '13.
Pres. Trump, after lobbying by the gun industry, declared gun stores essential businesses thus allowing them to stay open.
Here's the article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/01/business/coronavirus-gun-sales.html