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Gun Sales Reach Record 4.7 Million. Here’s Every State Ranked. Douglas A. McIntyre 13 hrs ago

U.S. gun sales in March surged 25% to 4,691,738. This makes it among the largest single month since sales figures started to be recorded in 1998.

The increase is part of a trend. Gun sales in the United States rose 40% last year to 39,695,315. That represents the high water mark in annual gun sales since the current record-keeping system went into effect. Increases by state in March varied substantially, as has been the case for years.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation tracks gun sales and publishes a list of how many are handled as part of its National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Each month, the figures are reported by state. Nearly everyone put through this system qualifies as a buyer. People who are excluded usually have criminal records. Of the more than 310 million checks that have been done since 1998, there have only been 1.5 million denials. Therefore, the data is the best proxy for U.S. gun sales available.

Growing civil unrest may have prompted people to buy guns for personal and family protection, many social scientists have posited, although this remains a matter of debate. Another theory is that chaos brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is a major cause. A new UC Davis School of Medicine study about fear of violence reports: "The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated persistent structural, economic, and social inequities in the conditions that contribute to violence and its consequences."

Who bought these guns? CBS News pointed out that over 5 million people were first-time gun buyers last year. CNN reported a sharp rise in sales to Black Americans and women. "Sales to women are also up 40% through September when compared with the same period last year," the news network pointed out.

The March increase should not be taken as unusual, nor should the rise in gun sales from 2019 to 2020 be viewed as an anomaly. The number of gun sales has increased most years since 1999. Sales first topped 25 million in 2016, 20 million in 2013, 15 million in 2011 and 10 million in 2006. In 1999, the first full year the FBI kept data, sales totaled 9,138,123.

The state with the most sales in March was Illinois at an extraordinary 1,427,197. That is 30% of national sales for the month. However, the state has slightly less than 4% of the national population. The same pattern holds true for the state that had the second-highest gun sales figure last month. Kentucky’s figure hit 330,476, or 7% of the national total. Its population is only 1.3% of the U.S. number.

At the current pace, gun sales in America will reach almost 45 million this year. It is too early to say whether the March trend will continue. However, it is nearly assured that 2021 will set another annual record.

This is how many guns were sold in each state in March:

STATE/TERRITORY	TOTAL
Illinois	1,427,917
Kentucky	330,476
Texas	222,409
Indiana	206,884
Florida	178,247
Pennsylvania	154,301
California	143,742
Utah	112,572
Michigan	112,066
Alabama	107,474
Minnesota	105,224
Ohio	98,474
Georgia	95,449
Tennessee	93,979
North Carolina	90,090
Missouri	77,617
Wisconsin	76,885
Washington	74,860
Virginia	72,438
Colorado	69,757
Arizona	65,805
South Carolina	55,773
Oregon	49,752
New York	49,158
Oklahoma	48,568
Louisiana	46,633
Mississippi	38,031
Idaho	34,839
Arkansas	34,134
Iowa	32,870
Maryland	30,754
Massachusetts	28,257
Connecticut	28,021
West Virginia	27,426
Kansas	26,915
New Jersey	24,563
New Mexico	23,024
Nevada	21,101
Montana	18,329
New Hampshire	17,186
Maine	14,536
South Dakota	12,430
Nebraska	10,860
Alaska	10,170
Wyoming	9,348
North Dakota	9,200
Delaware	7,280
Vermont	5,909
Puerto Rico	5,475
Rhode Island	4,957
Hawaii	1,770
District of Columbia	1,035
Guam	404
Virgin Islands	206
Mariana Islands	29

skx779

我在大肯塔基作出了不少贡献，但是想不出伊利诺伊是怎么如此大比分领先的。这还只是背景审查数字，一个审查可以买好多支啊。

fisherman188

同问Illinois为什么大比分领先？是当地的gun law有什么变化吗？

MrDJay

对，所以说是至少这个数字吧。

我在宾州也贡献了不少。。。。

RechardX

最近我给加州贡献了2个

CiTY_HuNTeR

为啥IL那么高？那边干啥了？

阿鲁卡多

实际数字应该更高，以德州为例，如果买枪的人有LTC的话是不用进行背景调查的，只需填完4473然后ffl做好存档，就可以直接拿枪走了

trigger

阿鲁卡多 发表于 2021-4-5 21:08
实际数字应该更高，以德州为例，如果买枪的人有LTC的话是不用进行背景调查的，只需填完4473然后ffl做好存档 ...

那在德州买枪可以当场拿走吧？
加州每把枪都要背调，数字应该靠谱

jhe123

fisherman188 发表于 2021-4-5 17:41
同问Illinois为什么大比分领先？是当地的gun law有什么变化吗？

IL是个很独特的州，芝加哥和cook county占IL总人口的40%，被左逼控制，人口中也是荔波肉绝对多数，而出了大芝加哥地区，IL其它地方就和印第安纳密苏里没啥区别。以前芝加哥枪法极为严苛，但2013 IL 被判必须给居民发CCW后，两边角力，IL成了shall issue，为了CCW在州内的通行，芝加哥严苛枪法中关于手枪的部分全部废除，所以芝加哥现在买手枪也很容易。以前没事的时候那些荔波肉不会买枪，但这一年来估计都开始疯狂的武装自己了。

Huntington

大部分人都不傻，非常时期要保护自己。Illinois的数字也太高了点吧，是第二名的四倍多，如果没有最近的情况变化，还是有点难以想象。

Hetzer

阿鲁卡多 发表于 2021-4-5 21:08
实际数字应该更高，以德州为例，如果买枪的人有LTC的话是不用进行背景调查的，只需填完4473然后ffl做好存档 ...

有道理，这应该是个关键因素

加州猎人

加州店里面基本空了，弹药也是90%空架

meikoniconi

黑市流通估计也是很庞大的数字吧？
政客光是表面工程
不主张打黑除恶 反而各种限制
正常这种东西也就是商品
很多国家都可以进口
怎么会这么紧张
甚至很多弹都绝版了在这边

Magix

trigger 发表于 2021-4-5 21:49
那在德州买枪可以当场拿走吧？
加州每把枪都要背调，数字应该靠谱

拥有LTC（ccw）的人毕竟是少数， 而且应该不会是这一波临时抱佛脚购枪的主力。

阿鲁卡多

Magix 发表于 2021-4-6 20:26
拥有LTC（ccw）的人毕竟是少数， 而且应该不会是这一波临时抱佛脚购枪的主力。
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我今年的购买量是比今年以前购买量的总和的两倍还高，主要是屯了一大波的下机匣。就是因为担心今后这届政府对于半自动武器的限制。。。对于我来说有LTC反而是买枪的动力，因为就和买菜一样方便了，赶早不赶晚

taozi

我为纽村贡献+1