Nearly 40 million people bought guns in the United States last year, a record number of elderly women

Data show that more than 900,000 people bought guns in the Joe State last year. (Photo credit: Internet)

The latest Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records show that a record 38.9 million people nationwide underwent background checks for gun purchases in 2020, an increase of 14.7 million over the previous year. A record 904,035 people in the state of Joe alone underwent background checks for gun purchases, with more women and seniors coming in to buy guns.

According to an analysis reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), gun sales typically increase after a Democratic president takes office, as the party may push for gun control. When Biden was sworn in in January, the number of background checks was still high.

According to licensed gun sellers, the composition of the gun-buying public has changed since last year, with more women, seniors and African-Americans buying guns, unlike traditional gun buyers.

In the Joe city of Griffin, Phil Smith, founder of the National African American Firearms Association, said they now have about 35,000 members. Since the Epidemic began, the number of members has increased by about 1,000 a month, about 40 percent more than before, and more than half of the members are women.

Another gun sales and training business operator, Mark Major, said many liberals who had never bought a gun before have come in recently to ask about it.

Protests erupted in many parts of the United States last June after the George Floyd incident. The number of background check requests jumped to 106,541 in the state of Joe, and in the latter half of last year, more than 72,000 background checks were conducted each month.

Wade Cummings, general manager of the Georgia Gun Club in Buford, said the public’s concern about unrest is accurately reflected in gun sales. Their store is “completely empty of shotguns, handguns and rifles on the shelves.

Mike Williams, who teaches a gun course in Joe, said about 60 to 70 percent of the recent classes were attended by women, up sharply from 20 to 25 percent in the past.

Paul Forgey, who teaches gun safety in another city, Stockbridge, said that twice as many people participated in the training last year as in 2019, with more and more seniors and even more elders in their 80s.