More nurses becoming first-time gun buyers says St. Louis firearm safety instructor

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - It's been well documented that firearms sales have been on the rise since early March, but you might be surprised to hear who has been buying guns. According to the president and chief instructor of a local firearm training and education center, he's seeing a lot more first-time gun buyers, a lot of them are women and a lot of them are nurses.

"Because they're going into these hospitals now that are closed to the public, you don't have the normal traffic going in and out like you had before," says Kevin Cummins, President and chief instructor at Advantage Firearms Education and Training. "So when they're leaving, sometimes at night, sometimes during the day, they're going into a somewhat vacant parking garage where someone could be lurking and they've got fears of that."

Cummins says it's not unusual for sales to pick up when the economy goes bad because people feel the need to protect themselves.