During a record number of firearm sales in the first part of the year, more than 2 million Americans became first-time gun owners, a firearms trade association said Monday.
Firearms retailers estimated that 40 percent of their gun sales during the first four months of 2020 were to first-time buyers, according to a survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), an American national trade association for the firearms industry.
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“The early part of 2020 has been unlike any other year for firearm purchases – particularly by first-time buyers – as new NSSF research reveals millions of people chose to purchase their first gun during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the association said.
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