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2020-04-14

Viral Tweet demonstrates unintended benefits of COVID-19 pandemic. March of 2020 was the first March without a school shooting in the US since 2002.

This Tweet really emphasized the ways in which COVID-19 has impacted some of the normal course of events. This fact is astounding and speaks to the gun violence problem in the United States. It brought other potential benefits to mind such as reduced pollution. This claim was also verified by CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-first-march-without-school-shooting-since-2002-united-states/
04/07/2020

Pandemic Gun Buying

A local store (Fleet Farm) that sells firearms. Prior to the pandemic, the display had always been stocked full with brand new firearms. Now it has been picked clean of affordable personal defense handguns. Due to new fears citizens have amid the pandemic, a record number of firearms have been sold.