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Why Americans are buying more guns than ever

  • Written by Aimee Huff, Assistant Professor, Marketing, Oregon State University
imageGun stores in the U.S. are reporting a surge in sales of firearms.George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Americans have been on a record gun-buying spree in recent months.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and protests for racial justice, the gun industry’s trade association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, estimates that gun sales from March...

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