Top Stories in Today’s News

Gun industry prepares for a surge in demand after back-to-back mass shootings

“After mass shootings in Boulder and Atlanta that killed 18 people in the span of a single week, lawmakers are once again calling for stricter gun regulation in America. The gun industry is already preparing for a surge of sales..”

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/24/business/gun-sales-mass-shooting-boulder-atlanta/index.html

A Divided Nation Agrees on One Thing: Many People Want a Gun

“Gun buyers say they are motivated by a new destabilizing sense that is pushing them to purchase weapons for the first time, or if they already have them, to buy more.”

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/us/guns-2020-election.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/29/coronavirus-pandemic-americans-gun-sales

Record Numbers of Americans Try to Buy Guns

“Coronavirus pandemic, civil unrest, calls to defund police bringing in new buyers”

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/record-numbers-of-americans-try-to-buy-guns-11594719000
• https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/record-numbers-americans-buy-guns

This uniquely American modus operandi moved me to make a meme. So I did:

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A dimly-lit gray-scale graphic with two large emojis, one above the other. The top emoji is the “alarm” expression, with the phrase “ARMAGEDDON?” arcing over the top; the lower emoji is the “glee” expression, with the phrase “IMMA-GETTA-GUN!” arcing underneath it.