Sentences with phrase «gun sales spike»
FBI background checks for gun sales spike after mass shootings By John Maines and Yiran Zhu March 12, 2018 While mass shootings may drive some people away from owning firearms, for others they are motivation to buy.
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The fact that the increase in accidental deaths at precisely the time that gun sales spiked is concentrated in the states where that spike was the largest increases the likelihood that the impact was causal.»
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There has been no spike in gun sales so far — but if gun enthusiasts believe the political climate is ripe for new gun control policies, it might cause them to stock up on guns.
Gun sales normally spike when Democrats are in power, as gun owners» fears of gun - control measures rise.
Cuomo said it was necessary to pass the law fast — even as President Obama and other governors were preparing new gun laws — because guns sales were spiking as buyers sought to avoid new laws.
«The fact that the spike in deaths is larger in states with the largest increase in gun sales reinforces the interpretation of a causal impact of the gun exposure.»
This spike in gun sales, and thus likely increased access and exposure to guns, prompted the researchers to explore whether there was a similar spike in accidental deaths related to firearms.