The sharp increase in gun purchases by Americans may be related to political climate change or concerns about personal safety

"Why is gun culture so popular in the United States?" American Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) television station issued a document on the 27th to raise this issue. American gun industry experts believe that political climate change or fear of personal safety are the main reasons why Americans buy guns today.


Today, nearly half of the states in the United States can secretly carry guns without a license. Gun culture has been popular in the United States for a long time, which can be traced back to the colonial period. For decades, American lawmakers have been debating whether and how to regulate guns. However, the gun culture has been deeply rooted in American daily life.


The United States has the largest number of private guns in the world. According to the survey, Americans have more than 393 million guns, which is equivalent to an average of about 120 guns per 100 Americans, which means there are more guns than people in the United States.


In the 1990s, a Pew Research Center survey found that more than half of Americans said they owned guns for hunting or shooting; Only 26% of Americans said they wanted guns to be used for safety. These figures have changed dramatically in 2013. In 2017, another Pew Research Center study showed that nearly two-thirds of gun owners in the United States said they owned guns to protect themselves.


At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 began to spread, and the purchase of guns in the United States soared. Gun shops said that after Freud's violent death by police law enforcement triggered protests, gun sales in the United States soared again in the summer of 2020. A study by Northeastern University found that between January 2019 and April 2021, about 7.5 million Americans owned guns for the first time. The owner of the American gun store also said that after the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, gun sales increased sharply again. Gun industry experts believe that political climate change or fear of personal safety are the reasons for more US weapons purchases.


Source: overseas network