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COVID-19, gun sales and guns in homes [View all]
In March an astounding 3,740,688 background checks took place, according to the FBI.
While this does not correlate exactly with gun sales, it is close and tells us that more guns were sold than any time since the background check system began in 1998.
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When couples are sheltering at home together in anxious and financially difficult times, tempers can flare and — if a gun is present — disputes can become lethal. “When there is a gun in a home with a history of domestic violence, there is a 500 percent higher chance that a woman will be murdered,” according to a Brady summary of research.
More than a dozen studies examined the link between guns in the home and suicides. All of them found that “firearms in the home are associated with substantially and significantly higher rates of suicide,” said Hemenway in his summary. A meta-analysis of studies found that access to guns in homes increases the risk of suicide by more than three times.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/492353-coronavirus-gun-sales-and-guns-in-homes
While this does not correlate exactly with gun sales, it is close and tells us that more guns were sold than any time since the background check system began in 1998.
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When couples are sheltering at home together in anxious and financially difficult times, tempers can flare and — if a gun is present — disputes can become lethal. “When there is a gun in a home with a history of domestic violence, there is a 500 percent higher chance that a woman will be murdered,” according to a Brady summary of research.
More than a dozen studies examined the link between guns in the home and suicides. All of them found that “firearms in the home are associated with substantially and significantly higher rates of suicide,” said Hemenway in his summary. A meta-analysis of studies found that access to guns in homes increases the risk of suicide by more than three times.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/492353-coronavirus-gun-sales-and-guns-in-homes
Right-wing Trumpers and NRA shills are urgently advocating bringing guns to a pandemic fight. What thief in their right mind (pun intended) would attempt to break in to a home full of people who are self-isolating and already frightened?
Just like Trump, the NRA and it's death merchants are trying to profit from a national disaster.
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