If you look at how many own guns versus how many guns there are, you will find that almost all the guns are owned by people who have a lot of them; Among the remaining gun owners, most one between one and five (generally just the ones they actually use, whether for hunting or some other form of recreation). Very few in the US own a single gun. And whenever there’s a surge in buying, it happens almost exclusively among the “mega owners” … though there are always some who finally decide that hoping for the cops to get there in time is not as useful as owning a gun for their assailant to take away and use against them. (no, that’s not sarcasm: Look at the statistics).
If you look at how many own guns versus how many guns there are, you will find that almost all the guns are owned by people who have a lot of them; Among the remaining gun owners, most one between one and five (generally just the ones they actually use, whether for hunting or some other form of recreation). Very few in the US own a single gun. And whenever there’s a surge in buying, it happens almost exclusively among the “mega owners” … though there are always some who finally decide that hoping for the cops to get there in time is not as useful as owning a gun for their assailant to take away and use against them. (no, that’s not sarcasm: Look at the statistics).