Why Anti-Gun Americans Have Joined Wave of New Gun Owners

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Published 3 years ago on

July 12, 2021

In both blue cities and red suburbs alike, purchases of firearms skyrocketed last year — to the highest level in half a century — with a striking portion of those sales coming from first-time gun buyers.

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