A revolver sits on display in the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. booth on the exhibition floor of the 144th National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meetings and Exhibits at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty Images / Getty Images) American gun sales remained strong in 2021, with nearly 19 million firearms sold legally in the U.S., the second-highest total over the past two decades, according to new research from the home and personal safety group SafeHome.Sales fell 13% from the high of 2020, but were still 40% higher than 2019, annual data compiled by SafeHome.org reveals."On an overall and population-adjusted basis, more people are buying guns in almost every state," according to the organization.
Corie Colliton the senior editor of industry research at SafeHome.org, told FOX Business that 2019 saw around 13.5 million firearms sold.
That number grew to 21.5 in 2020 before dropping slightly last year.GUN SALES HEADING TOWARD RECORD YEARAs for 2022, Colliton declined to make projections about where sales may end up later this year.Texas, Florida, California and Pennsylvania all saw more than 1 million gun sales last year.
The state with the fewest was Hawaii, with just 33 – which is actually more than were sold there a year earlier.In 2020, Americans purchased more than 21 million gun sales, according to the research.