Here's a stat that might make the globalist totalitarians a bit nervous:
Good job, y'all! The Founding Fathers would be proud.
2021 was the second-best year on record for gun sales.
Americans bought more than 18.5 million guns, according to an industry analysis of FBI background check data. That puts the 2021 numbers about 12 percent off the all-time record set in 2020. But it also puts 2021 40 percent ahead of 2019's total.
"The fact that over 18.5 million Americans chose lawfully purchase a firearm in 2021 is indicative the value Americans hold of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms," Mark Oliva, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), which did the analysis, said in a statement.
Here's a chart showing gun sales by year from the NSSF:
I've gotta say, ever since a decade or so ago when lefties became very vocal about annihilating guns and anyone who thinks differently than them, blaster sales have strangely skyrocketed!
The numbers stabilizing below 2020 levels but above previous years indicate the gun industry has reached a new base level of demand.
While strong short-term motivators such as the chaos surrounding the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the nationwide rioting in the wake of the murder of George Floyd have faded, other reasons for Americans to buy guns have remained. The threat of new restrictions on gun ownership, a traditional driver of sales spikes, likely motivated 2021 buyers as President Joe Biden (D.) pursued aggressive new gun-control measures through both legislation and unilateral executive action.
Oliva pointed specifically to the nomination of former-ATF agent and current gun-control activist David Chipman as an example of the Biden Administration's animus towards the gun industry. He said Chipman's failure to get confirmed coupled with the big sales numbers was further evidence the president's gun agenda, which polled poorly throughout 2021, is faltering.
"Americans have taken stock of their personal safety concerns and their fundamental, God-given rights," he said.
Somewhere, a leftist is shrieking in pain at the utterance of God's name and the suggestion of inherent rights.
While the narrative is that only white-supremacist rednecks are buying firearms, a major driver of sales in 2021 were purchases by non-white individuals and women. For example, a whopping 87% of all gun stores reported an uptick in sales to black and Hispanic women.
About a quarter of everyone buying guns signed up for safety training, and nearly half asked for info on training, suggesting that Americans in general care deeply about being responsible, law-abiding citizens.
Now if you'll excuse me, I think I need to go celebrate by taking the hand cannon I bought last year to the range!
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