Amid Coronavirus, Business Is Booming for Vermont Gun Stores
by
Colin Flanders
Posted on
March 17, 2020 at 12:57PM
While it’s common for gun stores to experience a spike in sales due to certain national events — school shootings, say, or during an election year — those “panic buys” are usually from established gun owners scooping up weapons such as AR-15s, said George Caldwell, owner of 802FIREARMS, an online and appointment-only gun store in South Burlington. Many of Caldwell’s recent customers, meanwhile, are first-time gun owners looking to “take their security into their own hands,” he said.