Amid record gun sales in Mass., firearm dealer Toby Leary says new gun owners are a big factor, including women and people of color mapoli GunSales
In Massachusetts — a state not known for its gun enthusiasm — firearm sales hit record levels over the past two years, with handguns dominating the purchases.
Leary said a lot of his customers during the pandemic were first-time buyers. Many “haven’t fully grasped the idea of wanting to own a firearm for defensive purposes, but something brought them here,” Leary said. “They feel like they’ve been spurred to do it based on what they see, or their own personal feelings about the world.”
Garrido got his firearms license last summer and said he is now “addicted”; he owns six guns — some for protection, others for target practice. “They’re bringing to class the gun that they are most likely going to carry in the real world out there,” he said.Leary said more women and people of color also have been coming in to shop for guns. Even his lunch lady from middle school showed up one day. In addition to offering classes, his shop hosts group events, from birthday gatherings to ladies’ nights.
Fear and anxiety have run especially high over the last two years, fueled by isolation and frustration during the pandemic. Some experts said the gun industry has capitalized on these emotions. Across the country, there were “The narrative that we are unprotected and in danger and under existential threat by all sorts of forces seems to have gathered traction,” said Azrael, the Harvard researcher. “The gun industry has always been incredibly good and attentive to creating markets — and selling and selling and selling.”
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