{"id":70467,"date":"2021-08-03T16:48:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T21:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=70467"},"modified":"2021-08-03T16:48:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T21:48:55","slug":"70467","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=70467","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Numbers Don\u2019t Lie. Public Safety Concerns Driving Gun Sales.<\/a><\/p>\n

Americans are sending a message of their own, despite President Joe Biden\u2019s continued push to restrict their Second Amendment rights. They are choosing to protect themselves.<\/p>\n

Two key markers demonstrate Americans in 2021 are voting with their wallets and politicians would be wise to take note. Gun sales continue at elevated levels and if elected officials don\u2019t take heed, they could find themselves out of elected office and looking for work.<\/p>\n

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Low Public Safety Marks<\/h4>\n

President Biden has been pushing a strict gun control agenda since campaigning for the White House. He called the firearm industry, which guarantees the ability for law-abiding Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights, \u201cthe enemy<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d He wants to\u00a0dismantle<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0it. His executive actions are about limiting the rights of law-abiding Americans, while all but\u00a0ignoring<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0the criminals perpetrating the crimes.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not lost on the American public.<\/p>\n

A new ABC News\/Ipsos poll shows the president is underwater on crime and safety,\u00a0according<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to Newsweek. Only 37 percent of Americans give their approval to President Biden on his handling of crime and gun violence, representing a five-point drop in four months.<\/p>\n

Other\u00a0polling<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0shows Americans\u2019 growing disapproval of more gun control as Congress continues pushing it and the U.S. Senate stalls on considering the president\u2019s nomination of David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Several outlets have\u00a0reported<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on the polling, which even includes a\u00a0drop<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0among self-described Democrats.<\/p>\n

Claiming Gun Rights<\/h4>\n

Gun sales shattered\u00a0records<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in 2020. So far in the first half of 2021, the pace hasn\u2019t slowed, with nearly 9.8 million background checks completed for the sale of a gun in the first six months of the year. Stephen Gutowski\u2019s The Reload\u00a0reported<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on NSSF\u2019s Adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) numbers for June, noting the more than 1.2 million checks were second only to June of last year. Also reported was that the first quarter in 2021 was on pace to beat the record first quarter of 2020. In 2020, 40 percent of purchases were\u00a0first-time buyers<\/a><\/strong>, good for more than 8.4 million new gun owners.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst-time gun owners, young and old from across the country, are helping to push record levels of gun sales for what looks like the second year in a row,\u201d\u00a0noted<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0NPR. \u201cThese buyers are white, Black, Asian and Latino and come from all political beliefs. And they\u2019re being driven by uncertainty, fear and a need to feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hartford Courant\u00a0reported<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that \u201cJenny,\u201d a stay-at-home mom, purchased her first firearm recently as well. Of the tumultuous last year, she said, \u201cIt was such an unpredictable time, and people were under a lot of stress. I realized I was responsible for my own self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

As millions more Americans realize the president, Congress and their local governments aren\u2019t willing to take necessary steps to keep them safe, they\u2019re turning to the local gun store and retailer.<\/p>\n

Geneva Solomon, owner of Redstone Firearms in Burbank, Calif.,\u00a0said<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0enrollment in her firearm safety and education classes is way up. \u201cWe\u2019ve definitely seen an uptick in the class options we offer. Before they would never sell out. Now they sell out two days after we post them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Election Fallout<\/h4>\n

Americans will continue to exercise their right to buy firearms if their safety continues to be jeopardized by politicians pushing \u201cwoke\u201d public safety agendas and cutting law enforcement budgets.<\/p>\n

In a bit of good news ahead, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a potential\u00a0landmark Second Amendment case<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in the coming term that could strike down state-level restrictions on concealed carry in New York. The nomination of David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has also\u00a0skidded<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to a\u00a0halt<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and police chiefs are\u00a0making it clear<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>they\u2019ve been\u00a0hamstrung<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by politicians to keep citizens safe. Americans previously rebuffed efforts by\u00a0billionaire<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0gun control funder Michael Bloomberg in 2019 and 2020 to buy more seats in Congress. His attempt\u00a0failed<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0That may be the case again in 2022 as public safety remains at the forefront.<\/p>\n

Americans will keep demanding their Second Amendment rights and exercising that right at the local retail counter. Politicians who keep plugging their ears and shutting their eyes to reality will soon be looking for new work.<\/p>\n

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