Texas gun, ammo sales skyrocket. People are shooting 'faster than they can make it'

[TexasTowelie]

Gun sales are up. Again.

It tends to happen every election season, especially when a Democrat challenges and wins the presidency, according to shop owners and industry observers. The pandemic and nationwide protests in 2020 fueled people’s willingness to buy guns or stock up on ammunition, experts say.

“People are worried for their safety,” said Andi Turner, the legislative director for the Texas State Rifle Association.

Calls for defunding the police, the new president and the pandemic are making people rush to gun stores, Turner said.

At Intrepid Shooting Sports in Fort Worth, ammo shelves are wiped clean and some gun racks are empty.

Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article248673295.html

Wonderful news if true. I won't have to worry about being hit a stray bullet.

[Deuxcents]

1. Good grief

[walkingman]

2. What the hell happened to Texas? The shitkickers and rednecks have taken over. I'm not

a native but have lived here since 1974 and I hardly recognize the State anymore. It did not used to be like this.

[rownesheck]

3. About 6 years ago

I worked in a grocery store in redneck ass east Texas. We sold ammo, in a GROCERY STORE! When the company told us we would start selling it, I was both pissed and embarrassed. You wouldn't believe the douche nuggets coming in to buy this stuff. One guy bragged about having over 20,000 rounds of ammo.

That's just one of several reasons I absolutely HATE that part of the state, and why we eventually moved. Granted, Texas as a whole is pretty gross, but those rural backwoods areas are diseased.

Just FYI, I still live in Texas, but in a more "normal" area, if you can call it that. A few of my neighbors still have their t**** flags up. Dumbasses everywhere.

[Paladin]

5. There are more "normal" areas in Texas than there used to be.

Most of the big urban areas have gone blue.

[LeftInTX]

6. I moved here in the early 80's...It's always seemed that way

My parents moved here in 1977

However, I came from Wisconsin, which was very progressive at the time.

My parents lived in a nice neighborhood, which had a low water crossing near the entrance. I was like, "What???"
All the low water crossings all over San Antonio were quite a shock.


After I got married, a friend from Wisconsin visited me. She saw all the low water crossings and she was like, "What????"

[flying_wahini]

4. I live in FTW and we have LOTS of Trump MaGaTs here.