The Massive 2020 Trump Pennsylvania guns sales boost.
The record gun sales for 2020 may have implications for swing states in November.
In Pennsylvania alone, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reckons there are 276,648 first-time gun owners this year.
To put this in perspective, in 2016 Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes.
Debbie Young writes (abridged):
According to the WSJ’s William McGurn, in Pennsylvania, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reckons there are 276,648 first-time gun owners this year. To put this in perspective, in 2016 Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes.
Although he doesn’t explicitly say the word, it’s easy to surmise from William McGurn that he is a “proud” member of the NRA. McGurn explains that his family’s decision to buy a gun introduced him to the side of the NRA most Americans never see: the education side.
The Hidden Side of the NRA
It’s not just the instruction that impresses. It’s the sheer American-ness of a private organization established to support a constitutional right in all its manifestations, from defending the Second Amendment legally and philosophically to instilling in newbies such as myself the respect for guns necessary to keep and use them safely. Not to mention a taste of the satisfaction that comes from mastering a new discipline.
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