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Data point to soaring US gun sales in June

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    Data point to soaring US gun sales in June

    From the FT today.

    It was the virus that did it guv. Not the rising inequality & central bank madness.


    A record 3.9m firearm background checks were conducted in June, according to new FBI figures that underscore the sharp rise in US gun sales since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest following the killing of George Floyd.

    According to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the number of firearm background checks conducted last month in the US was 71 per cent higher compared with the same time last year. The monthly figures broke the previous record, which was set in March, when 3.7m checks were conducted.


    The latest figures cover a period in which the number of coronavirus cases increased rapidly in many states across the American south and west, including Florida, Texas and Arizona. They also take into account the period of widespread antiracism protests and civil unrest after Floyd was killed in late May.


    The FBI database does not convey the total guns sold, however, because background check laws and other rules surrounding firearm purchases vary from state to state. Not all gun buyers in the US are subject to background checks.


    According to Financial Times analysis, however, an estimated 2.4m firearms were sold in June, a year-on-year increase of 146 per cent.


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    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

    #2
    People are buying because Biden going to win and that would bring new federal ban on AR15s - for new sales, like before.

    Plus pandemic and riots help

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      #3
      If people start setting up free zones and vandalising with impunity what do you expect people to do?
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #4
        Originally posted by vetran View Post
        If people start setting up free zones and vandalising with impunity what do you expect people to do?
        Call for 911 992 and get the feck out of there, fast

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          #5
          Originally posted by AtW View Post
          Call for 911 992 and get the feck out of there, fast
          *unless you are black.

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            #6
            Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
            *unless you are black.
            or the police have been defunded.
            Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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              #7
              When free trade with our special relationship?

              We wan't our Covid-19 chlorinated AR15 assault rifle equipped chicken!
              "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                #8
                The only thing I find rather surprising and even remotely news worthy of this rubbish is the fact that the number of checks is ONLY 3.9mil with all this going on compared to 3.7mil when a global pandemic was announced. You would have thought it would have been much higher.

                You could then go on to have an interesting debate that it's only 3.9 because 3.7 already have them and so on...

                The news gun sales is at an all time high in itself is like, well, yeah no tulip sherlock....
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                  #9
                  That said I think the only point of this thread was to show us you had an FT subscription... You could have posted this news from another source that most people on here can't read. It's either a smart move to show off your membership or a dumb move to start a thread we could join in.
                  'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                    That said I think the only point of this thread was to show us you had an FT subscription... You could have posted this news from another source that most people on here can't read. It's either a smart move to show off your membership or a dumb move to start a thread we could join in.

                    Its spooter what do you think?
                    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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