Gun Sales Skyrocket in COVID-19-ridden USA
Americas Now • 10m
Gun sales have exploded in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic.
There were millions of first-time gun buyers and record-setting number of gun sales in 2020. And it keeps climbing.
Americas Now's John Zarrella visited some of the States where gun sales had skyrocketed.
Sellers, buyers and experts says it's linked to concerns about the pandemic but also connected to the incidents following George Floyd’s death.
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