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    1st Time Gun Buyers Help Push Record U.S. Gun Sales Amid String Of Mass Shootings

    Data from the FBI's firearms background check database shows six days in March of this year made up the top 10 highest days of firearms background checks since 1998.
    by Jaclyn Diaz Apr 26, 2021 4 minutes

    First time gun owners, young and old from across the country, are helping to push record levels of gun sales for what looks like the second year in a row.

    "My gun store has had a run like I've never seen before," said Todd Cotta, the owner of Kings Gun Center in Hanford, Calif., in the state's agriculturally rich Central Valley. "It was just an avalanche of new gun buyers for the first time."

    These buyers are white, Black, Asian, and Latino and come from all political beliefs. And they're being driven by uncertainty, fear, and a need to feel safe.

    Gun sellers across the countrysaid the pandemic

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