Chicago resident Ray Mandel practices shooting during a session at Maxon Shooter’s Supplies and Indoor Range, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
Brianne Smith poses for a photo, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Maryland Heights, Mo. Smith was overjoyed to get an email telling her to schedule a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hours later, her relief was replaced by dread: a phone alert — another mass public shooting. Before the pandemic, she would scan for the nearest exit in public places and routinely practiced active shooter drills at the company where she works. But after a year at home in the pandemic, those anxieties had faded. Until now.
FILE – In this Sunday, March 15, 2020, file photo, people wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
Charles Blain, a new gun owner, poses with his holstered 9mm Glock 43 handgun, Monday, May 3, 2021, on the parking garage of his apartment complex in Houston. Blain also owns a shotgun and is currently completing his concealed carry license requirements to carry the handgun. Blain, who describes himself as a conservative, says “pandemic-related unemployment crime” and repeated calls over the past year to release hundreds of jail inmates because of soaring COVID-19 infections pushed him to buy.
Customers stand inside the gun shop area of Maxon Shooter’s Supplies and Indoor Range, as seen from the shooting range, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
Guns are displayed in the showroom of Maxon Shooter’s Supplies and Indoor Range, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
Maxon Shooter’s Supplies and Indoor Range owner Dan Eldridge is reflected on a glass door as he watches the shooters at the pistol range, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
Firearms trainer Kevin Burke, left, instructs new gun owner Troy Deguzman during a shooting session at Maxon Shooter’s Supplies and Indoor Range, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
Charles Blain, a new gun owner, poses with his holstered 9mm Glock 43 handgun, Monday, May 3, 2021, on the parking garage of his apartment complex in Houston. Blain also owns a shotgun and is currently completing his concealed carry license requirements to carry the handgun. Blain, who describes himself as a conservative, says “pandemic-related unemployment crime” and repeated calls over the past year to release hundreds of jail inmates because of soaring COVID-19 infections pushed him to buy.
FILE – In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020, file photo, signs point out quantity limits on certain types of ammunition after Dukes Sport Shop reopened, in New Castle, Pa. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
Chicago resident Ray Mandel, center, shows his target to others during a shooting session at Maxon Shooter’s Supplies and Indoor Range, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
FILE – In this Friday, March 20, 2020, file photo, a customer looks through a rifle scope as Bob’s Little Sport Shop bustles with customers, in Glassboro, N.J. Gun retailers in New Jersey can remain open as essential businesses during the coronavirus outbreak. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
Diane Rowe, owner of Papas Pawn & Gun, disinfects the counter after a costumer came to look at a gun in Grants, N.M., Monday, April 27, 2020. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
FILE – Ivan Gonzalez fills out paperwork while purchasing a gun at the Silver Spur Gun and Blade Show, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, in Odessa, Texas. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
FILE – In this March 28, 2020, file photo, rifles are offered for sale at Center Target Sports in Post Falls, Idaho. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
Bullet casings lie on the floor at the shooting range of Maxon Shooter’s Supplies and Indoor Range, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. After a year of pandemic lockdowns, mass shootings are back, but the guns never went away. As the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns are arguably more present in the American psyche and more deeply embedded in American discourse than ever before. The past year’s anxiety and loss fueled a rise in gun ownership across political and socio-economic lines.
As the pandemic eases and gun violence is on the rise in the US, a workplace safety expert who leads training in active shooter response and a trauma psychiatrist who counsels survivors of violent incidents say their services are again in demand.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brianne Smith was overjoyed to get an e-mail telling her to schedule a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hours later, her relief was replaced by dread: a phone alert — another mass public shooting.
Before the pandemic, she would scan for the nearest exit in public places and routinely practiced active shooter drills at the company where she works. But after a year at home in the pandemic, those anxieties had faded. Until now.
“I haven’t been living in fear with COVID because I’m able to make educated decisions to keep myself safe,” says Smith, 21, who lives in St. Louis, Missouri. “But there’s no way I can make an educated decision about what to do to avoid a mass shooting. I’ve been at home for a year and I’m not as practiced at coping with that fear as I used to be.”
After a year of pandemic lockdowns, public mass shootings are back. For many, the fear of contracting an invisible virus is suddenly compounded by the forgotten yet more familiar fear of getting caught in a random act of violence.
A database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University that tracks mass killings — defined as four or more dead, not including the shooter — showed just two public mass shootings in 2020. Since Jan. 1, there have been at least 11.
Yet while mass shootings dropped out of the headlines, the guns never went away. Instead, even as the U.S. inches toward a post-pandemic future, guns and gun violence feel more embedded in the American psyche than ever before. The fear and isolation of the past year have worked their way into every aspect of the U.S. conversation on firearms, from gun ownership to inner-city violence to the erosion of faith in common institutions meant to keep us safe.
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