NICS firearms sales and background checks are little changed from May numbers in 2024. May sales added over a million firearms to the private stock of firearms in the United States.
May 2025 Gun Sales Hold Strong—Only 1.6% Below 2024
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ATF Expands List of State Gun Permits That Bypass NICS Checks
The ATF under the Trump administration has added permits from two states, Alabama and Michigan, to those which may be substituted for a Brady (NICS) background check.
Background Checks Show Gun Sales Continue Slow Decline
Firearm and National Instant Background Check System (NICS) checks are down a bit more than 3% from April of 2024. This trend is expected to continue.
Should the Firearm Background Check System be Abolished?
According to the Government Accountability Office, in 2017, the NICS background check system denied 112,090 people the right to purchase a firearm. Of those 112,090 denials, only 12,710 were investigated.
NICS Numbers for January 2025 Show Gun Sales Holding Level
Firearm sales, as measured by the National Instant background Check System (NICS) remain flat in January of 2025.
Gun Sales for December and Year, 2024 Predictions Confirmed
The National Instant Background Check System numbers were slightly down for December 2024. About 15 million guns were sold in 2024, bringing the total number of guns in the United States private stock to 518 million.
Shocking Bias Exposed: FBI NICS Background Checks Unfairly Denies Minority Gun Buyers!
Disturbing! The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Unfairly denies legal gun purchases more often to Black and Hispanic people due to a flaw in how it checks names.
FOIA Shows the Extent of ATF Monitoring Americans Through FBI’s NICS System
The ATF monitored people for their associations and the feeling that the target might commit a crime in the future.
October Continues Trend of Gun Sales for 2024
Both gun sales and NICS checks were the fifth highest recorded for the month of October, a consistent theme in 2024.
Gun Sales and Background Checks in September Fifth Highest in 25 years
Gun sales and NICS background checks for September of 2024 are the fifth highest on record. Gun sales are likely to climb in October, November and December.
House Oversight Asked to Determine FBI/NICS Authority for Ammunition Purchases
Unlike FOIA requests, which can ask for records, the committee can ask questions and has subpoena power to cut through to the chase and get them answered.
July 2024 Continues NICS Gun Sales Over a Million a Month for 5 Years
July 2024 marks the 60th consecutive month where over a million firearms were sold a month in the United States.
Appeal Issued on DOJ Non-Compliance with FOIA ~ Subject: Using NICS for Ammunition Checks
That all that was produced was copies of non-responsive CFR sections makes it fair to surmise such information will not be voluntarily provided because it cannot be provided.
May 2024 Continues Trend of Over a Million Guns Sold a Month
May 2024 continues the trend noted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation of gun sales of over a million a month for the last 58 months.
NICS March 2024: Gun Sales and Background Checks are Slowly Dropping
National Instant background Check System (NICS) and gun sale declined for the fifth year in a row for March. Inflation and a slow economy are part of the reason.
Justice Department FOIA Response on Permanent Entry to NICS Ignores Key Requests
What all those pages in the FOIA response did not do is provide what was being asked for.
Biden’s FBI Boasts About its Young Adult Waiting Period for Human Rights
For law-abiding adults ages 18-20, the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) should be renamed the NEVER Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Attention Media: Gun Sales are NOT Collapsing in Illinois
Samuel Stebbins breathlessly reported gun sales were collapsing in Illinois. Unfortunately, his facts are wrong based on his misunderstanding of NICS background check use & changing gun law.
NICS & Gun Sales in August 2022, Third Highest Month
National Instant Background Check System (NICS) checks and calculated gun sales both show the third highest August on record for 2022.
U.S Senate Considering Criminal Investigations for Innocent Gun Owners?
Passage would result in criminal investigations into TENS OF THOUSANDS of innocent, law-abiding Americans for the non-crime of being denied a gun purchase by a broken background check system.
FBI NICS (background check) Accountability Audits of States Delayed a Year by COVID
Anti-gun states like New Jersey could be making the same mistake as Virginia. With the delay, it might be more than a year for mistakes to come to light.
FBI Admits It Is Often Wrong On Gun Related Background Check Denials
Uncovered FBI records provide even further reasons why Congress should finally end the Brady Act’s seriously flawed & unconstitutional background check experiment.
Virginia Incorrectly Adds 46,000 Citizens To FBI’s NICS Prohibited Person List
Blaming a technical error, Virginia State Police incorrectly added over 46,000 residents a Federal list of people prohibited from owning guns.
FOIA Request Shows FBI Adding Non-Prohibited Buyers to NICS Preventing Gun Purchases
In the United States, we have a long tradition of “innocent until proven guilty,” but the FBI seems to take the opposite approach when it comes to gun purchase rights.
September 2020 NICS and Gun Sales Continue Record Trend
September 2020 is another record month for National Instant Background Checks and Gun Sales. Total for the year to date is over 15 million sales, with over six million new gun owners.
NJ 2A Groups Demand Accountability in Gun Permitting, Eliminate State NICS Middle-Man
The pro-gun groups are calling for the elimination of qualified immunity for delays in firearms permitting that result in bodily harm or death to the applicant.
Universal Background Check Bill Passes with Help From Turncoat GOP Members
H.R.8, known as the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, passed the US House of Representatives with help from Rhino GOP members.
FBI NICS 2018 Christmas Holiday Hours of Operation Update
Due to the Christmas holiday, the NCCC will be closed beginning at 7 p.m. ET on December 24, 2018, and will be back in operation at 8 a.m. ET on December 26, 2018.
Class Action for Wrongful NICS Denials Gaining Momentum
Rumors have begun that a class-action suit against the FBI, BATFE, NICS-system operators and DOJ itself…
Christmas Eve Hours for the NICS Section Call Centers
Due to the Christmas holiday, the NICS Contracted Call Centers will be closed beginning at 8:00 p.m.ET on Sunday, December 24, 2017…
