Herd Immunity?

The other day the NYT featured a major article on gun sales in America: 

An Arms Race in America: Gun Buying Spiked During the Pandemic. It’s Still Up.

I won't go into the details. If you're interested you can follow the link. Or, you can read Steve Sailer's post on the article, which features extensive excerpts as well as Sailer's comments. The title of Sailer's post tells enough of the story to eliminate much of the guesswork from figuring out what's going on: Gun Sales Up 64%.

However, Don Surber has an interesting take on this today, and finishes his brief comments with a pointed question:

ITEM 2: More good Second Amendment news.

The New York Times complained, "An Arms Race in America: Gun Buying Spiked During the Pandemic. It’s Still Up.

"Preliminary research data show that about a fifth of all Americans who bought guns last year were first-time gun owners. Sales usually spike around elections, but the sheer volume is notable."

What's notable about that? What's notable is the sheer number of Americans who for the first time ever in their lives felt threatened enough to go through the government mandated hassles and purchase a firearm.

Here's what the article says about that. Of course it's slanted in some respects, but reflect on it:

Briefly Noted: Guns And Education

I'm sure many or even most readers have seen the articles documenting the continued surge in gun sales--as measured by FBI background checks. It's an imperfect measure, but it probably gives a good general idea of the relative levels of firearm sales. Zerohedge (republished from Epoch Times) has a thorough review of the recent stats, which have set new records--FBI Gun Background Checks Soar To Record High In March Amid Gun Control Push. The all time record was a year ago March--2.3 million--but this year's March totals of 2 million wasn't far behind. Next month could be the month we break through to a new all time record.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so: