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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.
04/03/2020

Rationing Items

The Sam's Club in Eau Claire limiting soap for customers to one per item. This tells us the levels of desperation consumers went in panic buying basic items coupled with the disruption in supply chains that created shortages for everyday consumers.