{"id":1373,"date":"2021-04-06T00:39:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T04:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2021-04-06T00:44:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T04:44:59","slug":"bidens-covid-relief-checks-help-spur-another-record-month-of-ar-15-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/bidens-covid-relief-checks-help-spur-another-record-month-of-ar-15-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s COVID Relief Checks Help Spur Another Record Month of AR-15 Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span>by<\/span>Jonathan Davis<\/strong><\/a><\/span>

There are a lot of ironies when it comes to increased Democrat calls for more gun control \u2014 which always happens when they are in power \u2014 and corresponding record increases in gun sales, but this one might just be the granddaddy of them all.<\/p>

As reported<\/a> by \u201cWashington Secrets\u201d columnist Paul Bedard, gun sales hit another record in February as Joe Biden and congressional Democrats once again ramped up calls for new gun control measures, politically exploiting, as they always do, a series of tragic mass shootings.<\/p>

Bedard writes:<\/p>

For the second time in three months, the FBI broke its record for gun sales, concealed carry, and other firearms background checks in March.<\/em><\/p>

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System conducted 4,691,738 checks, an all-time high. It broke the record set in January of 4,317,804.<\/em><\/p>

Gun sales generally track with the NICS numbers, though the FBI doesn\u2019t make public how many were for gun purchases. Gun industry groups typically release those numbers after the FBI.<\/em><\/p>

However, the numbers show that sales also likely hit a record high, a trend confirmed by sellers.<\/em><\/p>

But this gets better \u2014 or worse, depending on your Second Amendment perspective.<\/p>

Firearms groups note that Biden\u2019s threat to use executive authority (if he, in fact, actually has the power to do so) to expand background checks and even ban the sale of semi-auto rifles like popular AR-15 models are what is driving the new sales (and take note, many gun calibers were already in short supply).<\/p>

Here\u2019s the irony: Gun sellers say that many buyers are using their $1,400 COVID stimulus checks to buy new firearms, and in particular, AR-15s.<\/em><\/p>

Like we said, the ultimate irony.<\/p>

\u201cOur sales are already well ahead of last March,\u201d said Justin Anderson, the marketing director of Charlotte, North Carolina\u2019s Hyatt Guns,<\/a> who frequently updates Bedard regarding gun sales and gun trends.<\/p>

\u201cThere are obvious factors at play here: Biden\u2019s gun rhetoric being No. 1, as well as two mass shootings that were heavily covered in the media. However, we also saw a lot of transactions of around $1,400 starting on March 17, so it appears many people are using their stimulus money to buy guns,\u201d Anderson added.<\/p>

He then said: \u201cI think it\u2019s ironic that a Democrat Party-led Congress and a Democrat president passed legislation to give people financial relief, and a significant amount is being spent on gun purchases, many of which are for AR-15s!\u201d<\/p>

Yep. So do we.<\/p>

As for gun sales, they have been setting records for the past year as Democrat-run cities devolved into chaos and mayhem, with looting and riots that quickly escalated well beyond the George Floyd incident that was exploited by Black Lives Matter and Antifa, both groups of which also pushed a \u201cDefund the Police\u201d initiative that actually took hold in some cities.<\/p>

As for Biden\u2019s executive actions on guns, it\u2019s not at all clear that they\u2019ll pass constitutional muster and are likely going to be challenged in court no sooner than they drop. He no doubt knows this so maybe he\u2019s just going to issue them and see where the legal chips fall.<\/p>

Meantime, many Americans appear to be making good use of their COVID relief money.<\/p>

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There are a lot of ironies when it comes to increased Democrat calls for more gun control \u2014 which always happens when they are in power \u2014 and corresponding record increases in gun sales, but this one might just be the granddaddy of them all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[54,29],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bidens","tag-biden","tag-joe-biden"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840.jpg",600,396,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840-300x198.jpg",300,198,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840.jpg",600,396,false],"large":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840.jpg",600,396,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840.jpg",600,396,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840.jpg",600,396,false],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840.jpg",600,396,false],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840.jpg",600,396,false],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/shutterstock_1910041840-600x380.jpg",600,380,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"The Bidens<\/a>","tag_info":"The Bidens","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}