Gun sales in America last year

[Value Buy]

and the number of guns sold in January 2022

www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/gun-sales-topped-25-million-last-month-this-is-the-number-for-every-state/ar-AATHzIX?li=BBnb7Kz

This is a lot of fire power

[Value Buy]

From the article by state:


These are the January gun sales figures for all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico:



Alabama (62,764) Alaska (4,986) Arizona (34,855) Arkansas (17,487) California (104,282) Colorado (40,897) Connecticut (18,473) Delaware (4,596) District of Columbia (1,418) Florida (112,827) Georgia (48,062) Hawaii (1,358) Idaho (15,947) Illinois (473,953) Indiana (111,333) Iowa (22,011) Kansas (14,630) Kentucky (354,595) Louisiana (27,768) Maine (7,239) Maryland (17,340) Massachusetts (17,297) Michigan (62,731) Minnesota (65,564) Mississippi (19,312) Missouri (38,691) Montana (9,052) Nebraska (5,904) Nevada (13,648) New Hampshire (9,481) New Jersey (13,063) New Mexico (12,417) New York (29,536) North Carolina (50,952) North Dakota (5,064) Ohio (50,625) Oklahoma (27,273) Oregon (30,035) Pennsylvania (93,298) Puerto Rico (5,778) Rhode Island (2,139) South Carolina (29,123) South Dakota (6,536) Tennessee (62,111) Texas (127,737) Utah (80,486) Vermont (3,184) Virginia (42,218) Washington (52,914) West Virginia (13,050) Wisconsin (51,816) Wyoming (4,827)

[Value Buy]

and this....

Gun sales, using the NICS Firearms Background Check as a proxy, reached 38,876,673 last year. This was down slightly from the record set in 2020 of 39,695,315.



One fact about recent gun purchases stands out. According to The Economist, "Of the 7.5m Americans who bought firearms for the first time between January 2019 and April 2021—as gun-buying surged nationwide—half were female, a fifth black and a fifth Hispanic, according to a recent study by Matthew Miller of Northeastern University and his co-authors."

Inexplicably, gun sales collapsed in January, compared to January last year. The 2022 figure is at 2,591,588, compared to last year's 4,317,804. That means the 2022 number was only 60% of the figure for 2021. That was the lowest January total since 2019.



Gun sales vary widely from state to state. The is no broadly accepted reason for this. For example, gun sales in Illinois totaled 473,953. That is 18% of the NICS Firearms Background Check total.

(at the bottom of the article click on the link to see every state total for 2021)

[Value Buy]

I admit, I am shocked at these totals.
Illinois had over 847,000 purchases last yr.
California had over 1,476,000 last yr.
New York state by comparision only had 464,565 for the yr.
Texas by comparision, 1,980,000 but it is Texas.......
1,180,564 in Utah. Did everyone in the state by one?

I did not see if there was a breakdown of long guns versus handguns.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Americans love their guns. 

[Tiny]

And I'm sure every purchase was made by someone who took their gun owning responsibilities seriously. And will continue taking that responsibility seriously for as long as they own the gun(s) they've purchased.

[Tiny]

One has to wonder how many of these purchased guns cross state lines after purchase...

[Tiny]

In 2015 Florida had 10 guns for 1000 residents.... I'm sure that number is higher now 7 years later....

www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/12/14/cbs-news-florida-has-a-staggering-10-2-guns-for-every-1000-residents/

[Value Buy]

Feb 11, 2022 12:18:50 GMT -5 Tiny said:

In 2015 Florida had 10 guns for 1000 residents.... I'm sure that number is higher now 7 years later....

www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/12/14/cbs-news-florida-has-a-staggering-10-2-guns-for-every-1000-residents/

From the original link I posted Florida bought 1,711,685 weapons in 2021.

[mollyanna58]

The fact that so many people see the need or the want to have a weapon is appalling. 

[kadee79]

Feb 11, 2022 15:45:27 GMT -5 mollyanna58 said:

The fact that so many people see the need or the want to have a weapon is appalling. 

You don't live where I live.  Our conditions vary....GREATLY!  We are rural.  The sheriff's office is on the other side of town...which means if we need LE help, it can be 30 min. or more reaching us.  If our need is immediate...we could be dead before help can arrive.  So it's best for us to be armed & ready to defend ourselves until help can get here.
AND, over the years, there have been many incidents of rural homes being broken into even when residents were there in this general area.  

[laterbloomer]

Feb 11, 2022 21:14:28 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

Feb 11, 2022 15:45:27 GMT -5 mollyanna58 said:

The fact that so many people see the need or the want to have a weapon is appalling. 

You don't live where I live.  Our conditions vary....GREATLY!  We are rural.  The sheriff's office is on the other side of town...which means if we need LE help, it can be 30 min. or more reaching us.  If our need is immediate...we could be dead before help can arrive.  So it's best for us to be armed & ready to defend ourselves until help can get here.
AND, over the years, there have been many incidents of rural homes being broken into even when residents were there in this general area.  

I would like to do road trips to your National Parks in my Camper Van. I'd likely be traveling alone. I am thinking about getting a gun. Ironically I am a strong supporter of gun control.

[djAdvocate]

because 300M guns is not enough.

good luck shooting at Omicron.

[tractor]

Not when you have a use for them. Currently shopping for a new one now, want a different caliber to take elk hunting next fall.

Kind of like buying shoes, it's best if you have a different kind for each activity.

[weltschmerz]

Feb 11, 2022 14:38:47 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Feb 11, 2022 12:18:50 GMT -5 Tiny said:

In 2015 Florida had 10 guns for 1000 residents.... I'm sure that number is higher now 7 years later....

www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/12/14/cbs-news-florida-has-a-staggering-10-2-guns-for-every-1000-residents/

From the original link I posted Florida bought 1,711,685 weapons in 2021.

That's nothing to be proud of.   God and guns....strange bedfellows.

[djAdvocate]

Feb 13, 2022 10:28:35 GMT -5 tractor said:

Not when you have a use for them. Currently shopping for a new one now, want a different caliber to take elk hunting next fall.

Kind of like buying shoes, it's best if you have a different kind for each activity.

i have two pairs of shoes.
i have two guns*.

if you need more than that, you are properly called a collector.
and that is fine. 

but please don't bullshit me or anyone else about your obsession.