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Firearm Sales Surge in USA during Coronavirus Pandemic

Semi-Automatic handguns are displayed at Duke's Sport Shop, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in New Castle, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Semi-Automatic handguns are displayed at Duke's Sport Shop, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in New Castle, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Source: AAP

There are fears of civil unrest amid the coronavirus crisis in the United States, after a record of more than two million guns were sold in the month of March alone.


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By Julia Carr-Catzel, Marcus Megalokonomos

Presented by Hisaaki Nagao

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There are fears of civil unrest amid the coronavirus crisis in the United States, after a record of more than two million guns were sold in the month of March alone.


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