NSSF Retailer Surveys Indicate 5.4 Million First-Time Gun Buyers in 2021

If you pay attention to gun rights politics in Minnesota, you are no stranger to the ad-hominem attacks thrown at gun owners. In the comments section of any gun-owner-related news story, Facebook post, or Tweet you will find a plethora of sophomoric jabs from anti-gunners equating gun ownership with phallic inadequacy, white supremacy, and “toxic masculinity.”

However, the data tells a different story. It turns out that gun owners are not all racist, misogynist, white men with small penises.

• Nearly 47 percent of first-time gun buyers in 2021 inquired about training and 43 percent signed up for training.
• Nearly 23 percent of retailers indicated that first-time gun buyers in 2020 purchased another firearm in 2021.
• Over 33 percent of first-time gun buyers in 2021 were women.
• 44 percent of retailers saw an increase of African-Americans purchasing firearms in 2021.
• Nearly 40 percent of retailers saw an increase of Hispanic-Americans purchasing firearms in 2021.
• Over 27 percent of retailers saw an increase of Asian-Americans purchasing firearms in 2021.
• Over 18 percent of retailers saw an increase of Native-Americans purchasing firearms in 2021.
• Nearly 14 percent of retailers saw an increase of Native-Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders purchasing firearms in 2021.

Self-defense is a human right, and every person, regardless of race, gender, or creed is entitled to effective means of defending themselves.  That’s what we fight for every day at the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus.

Source: NSSF Retailer Surveys Indicate 5.4 Million First-Time Gun Buyers in 2021