Visa, Mastercard and Discover announced they will pause a plan to implement a new merchant category code for the nation’s gun retailers.
The FBI says background checks prevented more than 300,000 illegal gun sales last year, the largest number of prevented sales on record.
Consumer News: Gun sales hit new record, High travel demand leading to raised prices and more!
The gun industry is preparing for a surge of sales, after some United States lawmakers have called for stricter gun regulations. Research groups have found that whenever there are moves for gun control, people buy more guns in fear they won’t be able to again.
A lot of shoppers sure turned to Target for supplies during the pandemic in 2020.
Gun sales hit a new record in January. Gun merchants sold more than two million firearms last month. That’s a 75% increase compared to January 2020, according to the National Shooting Sports Federation.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A record 50,000 South Carolinians sought to either buy guns or carry concealed weapons during December. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the statistics come from the FBI criminal background check system. The spike came when President Barack Obama indicated he would seek to tighten gun control measures this year. It was the busiest month…
