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Gun sales shot up in 2020, and ammo shortages followed. See how Idaho compared to U.S.
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Stacey Nagy, national sales manager for Primary Weapons Systems in Boise, talks about the company’s semi automatic rifle and the difference between sporting rifles and machine guns. | BY KYLE GREEN
MERIDIAN (Idaho Statesman) – Gun sales throughout the United States surged 40% in 2020, a slightly larger increase than Idaho saw, and it has left ammunition manufacturers scrambling to meet the needs of firearms owners.
“It’s just supply and demand,” Dave Freshwater, president of Idaho Arms and Ammo in Meridian, told the Statesman in a phone interview. “Demand is about tenfold over normal and everything in the firearms industry is really scarce: guns, ammo, parts, accessories. Everything has been difficult to come by.”
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