5.4 Million Americans Purchase Guns For First Time in 2021

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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...

5.4 Million Americans Purchase Guns For First Time in 2021: NSSF Survey
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