GLASSBORO N.J. - Gun sales are soaring throughout the country and especially in the Delaware Valley. Some say women make up a huge chunk of new owners.At Bob’s Little Sport Shop in Glassboro New Jersey, gun sales are booming."It has been kind of insane for the last year," owner Wayne Viden said. "We are doing between 20-50 background checks a day.
On a normal year this time a year, if we did 5-12 that was a good day."Viden’s business took off last February at the start of the pandemic."When they started talking about locking people down, closing businesses, closing schools, people started getting afraid," Viden explained.Wayne says fear is fueling the upswing in sales.