Gun ownership is growing in particular among women and African-Americans. It s really a cross section of society. It s not that gun owners are this or that, gun owners are everybody right now,” Holly Sullivan, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, said.
Sullivan said membership in her organization is up 20% over last year.
The NSSF said more than half the firearms purchased in 2020 were small handguns used for self-defense. They first saw sales start to increase back in March when the first COVID lockdowns were put into place. That continued into May with the killing of George Floyd.
Gun sales among African-Americans went up 58% from 2019.