Texas Massacre: Why Americans Are Buying More Guns

Each mass killing pours salt into the sore of the ever-vivid debate over gun control in the United States.

The death of nineteen children and two teachers by the bullets of an 18-year-old killer in Uvalde, Texas, is yet another example.

But these tragic tragedies usually have another immediate consequence: they drive thousands of Americans to arm themselves.

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The number of “

” carried out by the FBI, which in the United States is part of the metrics used to monitor the evolution of arms sales in the United States, averages 1 million per month.

This number of transactions tends to increase in times of crisis, and especially after the killings.

Thus, 2 million “

” were carried out in January 2013, following the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school, which left 26 dead.

This peak also corresponds to the period of Barack Obama's re-election to the presidency.

Sales surges

Barack Obama had indeed promised a "

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