New Study Shows Millions of People Acquiring Firearms for the First Time
Jose Nino - Pro-Gun News | Published on 1/17/2022
It’s not just pro-gun outlets who are acknowledging the growing gun sales boom taking place across America.
Research from Northeastern University Professor of Health Sciences and Epidemiology professor Matt Miller shows an uptick in overall firearms sales over the past two years.
This mirrors figures provided by the National Shooting Sports Foundation that estimated in 2021 roughly 40% of gun sales were to first-time buyers. As Cam Edwards of Bearing Arms observed, This figure “would have translated to about 8.5-million new gun owners in 2020.” These figures are a tad higher than what Professor Matt Miller’s research showed. His research pointed to roughly 7.5-million Americans becoming gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021.