Brandon Burns, who owns Spartan Arms & Range Supplies, filmed himself in his store Monday in front of shelves that typically house rifles, shotguns, handguns and ammo - all of which have been stripped bare by panic-buyers. 

'Listen folks, do us a favor OK? Tomorrow, don't blow our phones up, I don't have anything,' he tells viewers.

'No handguns, no rifles, no ammunition, no 9mm, no 40mm, no .45, no 5.56, no .22, no twelve-gauge, no twenty-gauge, we don't have it right now. 

'We are gunna get it in the next two or three days though, so try to help our staff out and not blow our phones up asking if we have stuff because we just don't, OK?

'Things are not normal right now.'

It comes after states including California, New York and Washington - the worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic - reported soaring sales at the weekend.

Pictures taken across the country showed lines snaking out of gun stores and down the street as people attemped to protect themselves amid fears of riots and looting if the situation spirals out of control. 

Others feared that the government's emergency powers could restrict their right to buy a gun while some Asian-Americans bought weapons to protect themselves from potential racist attacks.