RonRC
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In just the first six months of 2020, approximately 19 million firearms have been sold. Firearms sold in March through July 2020: March 2,600,000; April 1,800,000; May 1,700,000; June 2,400,000; July 1,960,000
Total for March through July: 10,500,000 firearms sold based on background checks.
If each of the buyers also purchased a significant amount of ammo, then the shortage and high prices starts to make sense. If each bought 10 boxes of 50 rounds, then that is 105,000,000 boxes and five billion, 250 million rounds 5,250,000,000! That's more than I shoot in a month!
There are an estimated 400 million guns in circulation for a population of 330 million. If owners bought a box of cartridges for each gun, that 400 million boxes. That's 20,000,000,000 or 20 billion rounds.
Twenty billion plus 5 billion is 25 billion rounds. That's enough to fill a few ammo closets.
Ron
Total for March through July: 10,500,000 firearms sold based on background checks.
If each of the buyers also purchased a significant amount of ammo, then the shortage and high prices starts to make sense. If each bought 10 boxes of 50 rounds, then that is 105,000,000 boxes and five billion, 250 million rounds 5,250,000,000! That's more than I shoot in a month!
There are an estimated 400 million guns in circulation for a population of 330 million. If owners bought a box of cartridges for each gun, that 400 million boxes. That's 20,000,000,000 or 20 billion rounds.
Twenty billion plus 5 billion is 25 billion rounds. That's enough to fill a few ammo closets.
Ron