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Americans have been seen queuing down the street to buy guns saying they are worried that coronavirus panic could descend into social disorder.
Gun sales across the US are currently surging as the Covid-19 pandemic grows, with the hardest hit states of California, New York and Washington seeing some of the biggest hikes in the numbers of guns being sold. Sellers are reporting a wave of first-time buyers coming in saying they fear that panic buying will see people running out of food and supplies. Others have said they are worried that the government might use its emergency powers to restrict gun purchases.
Pictures and videos show people lining up outside stores, while several people have tweeted pictures inside gun shops heaving with people trying to buy ammunition.Another queue outside a shop in Burbank, California Amelia Adams, the US correspondent for Australian network Nine News, tweeted a video of people lining up outside a gun shop in Los Angeles.
In California, customers formed a long line outside the Martin B. Retting gun shop in Culver City on both Saturday and Sunday.: ‘Politicians and anti-gun people have been telling us for the longest time that we don’t need guns. But right now, a lot of people are truly scared, and they can make that decision themselves.’Buyers tell me theyâre scared of what will happen if people run out of food and supplies, and they need to protect their families.
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