Figure 2: Beliefs in conspiracy theories among people who bought guns during the pandemic, people who owned guns prior to the pandemic but didn't buy during the pandemic, and people who don't own guns. Pandemic buyers exhibit higher beliefs in election conspiracies, COVID-19 conspiracies, and Qanon.
Figure 4: Support for political violence among people who bought guns during the pandemic, people who owned guns prior to the pandemic but didn't buy during the pandemic, and people who don't own guns. Pandemic buyers are more likely to endorse violence in response to election unfairness in general and exhibit higher support for/warmer feelings toward January 6th participants.
Figure 5: Among pandemic gun buyers, all outcomes split by those who say they bought guns during the pandemic for political (vs. other) reasons. Those who bought guns for political reasons are less trustful of government, more conspiratorial, likelier to engage in protest, and more supportive of political violence.
new paper (w/ @mjlacombe.bsky.social, Matt Simonson, and Jamie Druckman): people who bought guns during the pandemic -- especially for political reasons -- are particularly distrustful of government, conspiratorial, and supportive of Jan 6 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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