Gun background checks smash records amid coronavirus fears

FILE - In this March 15, 2020, file photo, people wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who was sued by gun-rights groups after trying to shut down firearms dealers in the wake of coronavirus concerns, said Monday, March 30, that he is abandoning the effort.

Background checks are the key barometer of gun sales, but the FBI’s monthly figures also incorporate checks for firearm permits that are required in some states. Each background check also could be for the sale of more than one gun. The FBI numbers show that March had five of the top 10 days ever for background checks, including the day with the most, March 20, when more than 210,000 checks were conducted. The day before, California ordered all nonessential businesses to close.

The spikes followed key moments in the U.S. trajectory of the pandemic, starting with the nation’s first recorded death on Feb. 29 and ramping up as a flurry of states closed schools and businesses. Then in mid-March, President Donald Trump urged Americans to practice social distancing and warned of a potential recession.

“We need to prepare for the increased risk of more firearms in untrained hands,” said David Chipman, a retired agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who’s now senior policy adviser with the Giffords gun control group. “If you didn’t think you needed a gun prior to March of this year, you certainly don’t need to rush out and get one now.”

Now this is crazy. One spark and KABOOM. Quick build the wall(s).

Guilty. But in fairness, I got my bonus check. It was an opportune, if ulterior, way to convince my wife to give me permission.

Honest question, is there some precedent or historical lesson that motivates this sort of thinking? Like people stocked up on bottled water because that is SOP for disasters - a “go to protocol”. Anything to account for this, other than zombie movies?

...are gun shops selling microscopic bullets too..?

Hey, the libs said you could just order these off Amazon. 😂

everyone knows if you shoot the virus it goes away

The fuuuuccccckkkk? Will the virus shoot at you?

🤪🤪🤪

Buncha scaredy cats

Obama was correct, we do cling to our guns and our Bibles and we're okay with that.✝️🔫📖

Psychopaths

You can shoot the virus?

There is something deeply wrong with a country where people are so deathly afraid of their fellow citizens. Very wrong.

Good

Send lawyers guns and money

In a better universe, Americans fearing for their safety run out and buy up all the science textbooks.

Small men can't stop thinking about their guns.

Good

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