5.4 Million Americans Purchase Guns For First Time in 2021: NSSF Survey
January 28, 2022
One in three buyers were women
Out of all firearm buyers, nearly 30 percent were first-timers. Correspondingly, over 40 percent of new buyers were women in 2020, according to data collected... "The surveys revealed that new gun owners are continuing to embrace their Second Amendment rights and nearly half of them are seeking out professional training. These trends show that not only is there still a strong interest in gun ownership but also that these new gun owners are interested in learning more about the safe and responsible handling, use and storage of firearms." Most of the people who bought a firearm for the first time were divided into the age groups: 30 and under (22.2 percent), 31–40 (27 percent), 41–50 (21.7 percent), 51–60 (13.8 percent) and over 60 (8.1 percent).
In 2020, the most-purchased firearm was a semi-automatic handgun. Sixty point five percent of all retailers reported an increase in white Americans purchasing guns and ammunition. Forty-four point eight percent reported an uptick among black Americans, 36.9 percent for Hispanic, 27.1 percent for Asians, and 18.4 percent for Native Americans. Fifty-seven percent of all gun buyers were white men, followed by white women who made up 14 percent...
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