The U.S. typically has a unique response to crisis, and the coronavirus is no different. Firearm sales spiked 85% last month compared with the March last year, according to an analysis of the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System by Small Arms Analytics and Forecasting.
The laws of supply and demand also apply to arming up, of course, and the cost of adding guns to the shopping list will cost you. “Much of the industry’s inventory will have been depleted so that we anticipate that weapons and ammunition prices increased as well,” said Jurgen Brauer, SAAF's chief economist.
Data on prices will be released soon. Other developments: COSTS MOUNT: The pandemic will cost the global economy as much as $4.1 trillion, or nearly