A handful of blue states attempted to restrict gun ownership in recent months, but it had the opposite effect.
People rushed out to buy guns in record numbers.
What did the liberals in these states expect to happen?
The Daily Caller reports:
Blue states have recently introduced restrictive gun laws that aim to remove firearms from the streets, but numerous states are now seeing massive increases in gun sales as Americans begin to “vote with their wallets,” according to data from the Firearm Industry Trade Association (NSSF).
Gun sales in Oregon, Washington and Illinois jumped either before or after legislators introduced or passed restrictive gun measures, according to National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) data adjusted by the NSSF. The number of gun sales per month in each state was based on the number of firearm background checks performed by NICS.
‘Threats, and actual legislation to limit the right of law-abiding citizens to own the firearm of their choosing, does have an effect on firearm sales,” NSSF Public Affairs Managing Director Mark Oliva told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
In November, Oregon residents narrowly passed Ballot Measure 114, a gun law that requires background checks, firearm training, fingerprint collection and a permit to purchase a gun. Following the law’s passing, background checks jumped from 29,472 in October to 86,075 in November, according to NSSF data obtained by the DCNF.
“Oregon’s figures easily demonstrate that Oregonians acted while they had the opportunity to buy the guns of their choice before the state moved to infringe on their Constitutional rights,” Oliva told the DCNF.
It turns out freedom is pretty popular.
Firearm Sales Spiked in Illinois Before Gun Control Law Took Effect https://t.co/hV3Z2JNpPd
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 12, 2023
Even blue state residents don’t want the government to take their guns https://t.co/KwDwTfzT70
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 14, 2023
Democrats will never stop pushing for more gun control.
They don’t care what the public thinks.