Glad to see they are listening to liberals for a change. Gun control is happening this year.

Rifles kill maybe half as many people as bicycles do annually, but Wrong Shaped Rifle Stocks are ostensibly an existential threat to 'Murrica, so...

I was at the range on Friday, and their retail counter was busy. Several women were buying their first handgun and guys were picking up rifles. The day before Thanksgiving was also very busy, I was at Walmart picking up some ammo and there were at least 1/2 dozen people in line buying rifles at 8:45pm.

This little guy got one too:

The ratio of guns sold to background checks performed is roughly 2:3.

Both range and sales counter were backed up and they had extra people on staff all week.

The owner told me that it's been like that for the last 4 or 5 years, I'm sure the new Illinois CCW law helped some of it along, but I think it's become more "acceptable" to the masses to buy a firearm as a gift (even if it's for yourself).