Americans have been buying firearms at a record pace since the beginning of the coronavirus national emergency. Approximately five million were sold through first five months of 2020 alone.

Now that Americans have watched days of riots and looting across the country with little or no pushback from law enforcement in many areas, they’re headed back to gun stores to tool up. And while retailers estimate the 40% of the guns sold so far — pre-rioting — were to first-time buyers, it seems a safe bet that a lot more people who have never owned a firearm before will be lining up, waiting hours sometimes, to make their first firearm purchase.......

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/gun-stores-jammed-across-the-country-after-days-of-riots-looting/

Co-worker msg'd me today asking where to buy an AR-15. Gave him the website where I bought my two. Out of curiosity I checked the website myself and see where they went up almost $200 the last few months.