{"id":108907,"date":"2025-04-02T16:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T21:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=108907"},"modified":"2025-04-03T01:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T06:00:51","slug":"108907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=108907","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla attacks and political unrest spark \u2018self-defense\u2019 gun sales<\/a><\/p>\n

Political unrest urged by anti-Trump liberals, coupled with\u00a0attacks on Tesla<\/a>\u00a0vehicles and dealerships due to founder Elon Musk\u2019s close association with the president, appears to be pushing some people to buy guns for self-defense.<\/p>\n

According to the marketing director for one of the nation\u2019s largest gun sellers, customers are buying up smaller concealed carry firearms despite a slight drop in overall gun sales recorded by the\u00a0FBI\u2019s background check<\/a> system.<\/p>\n

\u201cEconomic pressure continues to affect our business, though we are still seeing steady sales of self-defense and concealed carry handguns,\u201d said Justin Anderson, the marketing director for Hyatt Guns<\/a>\u00a0of Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf news of people torching Tesla dealerships is any indication, this summer is going to be a difficult one, especially in major American cities. Civil disturbances have traditionally fueled an uptick in gun sales, especially in the home and self-defense sector,\u201d he told Secrets.<\/p>\n

In its analysis of March FBI background checks, the\u00a0National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a> said sales likely hit 1,386,724. That was a 3.8% drop compared to March 2024.<\/p>\n

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Graphic courtesy National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/p>\n

Still, it continued a several yearslong sales explosion of over 1 million firearms a month.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 1.3 million times, Americans freely approached the gun counter to lawfully exercise their Second Amendment freedoms. Economic challenges notwithstanding, this is indicative of the desire of Americans to safely and responsibly keep and bear arms. Americans continue to invest in their freedom and safety because it still remains a high priority,\u201d said Mark Oliva, spokesman for NSSF, the industry trade group.<\/p>\n

The number could be higher because 24 states issue permits that allow those who have already passed a federal background check to buy again without having to go through the FBI system.<\/p>\n

Anderson said his customers have been buying self-defense firearms even though they are concerned about the economy, which has been recently shaken by President Donald Trump\u2019s push for record trade tariffs that have thrust confusion into financial markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat slight upward movement lets me know that people, despite having little disposable income, are unsure about the future and are taking out an insurance policy in the form of a firearm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

And as the Trump moves shake out, he added, the gun industry is hitting the pause button on expansion until clarity returns to the economic outlook.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are taking a wait-and-see approach to wholesale purchasing right now, and focusing our efforts in other parts of our business,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla attacks and political unrest spark \u2018self-defense\u2019 gun sales Political unrest urged by anti-Trump liberals, coupled with\u00a0attacks on Tesla\u00a0vehicles and dealerships due to founder Elon Musk\u2019s close association with the president, appears to be pushing some people to buy guns for self-defense. According to the marketing director for one of the nation\u2019s largest gun sellers, … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108907"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108918,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108907\/revisions\/108918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}