The National Instant background Check System shows the numbers for gun sales and background checks in April of 2024 are the fifth highest April on record.
NICS for April 2024: Fifth Highest in Gun Sales and Background Checks
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NICS Numbers for January 2024 Hold Steady at New Normal
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April, 2022 NICS Continues Trend: Third Highest on Record
April of 2022 NICS gun sales numbers are the third highest April on record, continuing the trend. A new normal for gun sales appears to have been established.
Painting Partial Win As Betrayal Is A Big Mistake
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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.
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Uncovered FBI records provide even further reasons why Congress should finally end the Brady Act’s seriously flawed & unconstitutional background check experiment.
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July 2021 was the second-highest total July for National Instant background Check System (NICS) checks on record.
NICS Data: Gun Sales Drop Significantly in June of 2021
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April 2021 NICS checks and gun sales broke another record, but just barely. We may have reached a new normal for the level of gun and ammunition sales.
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NICS and Gun Sales in January 2021 sets New Record
The FBI NICS background check numbers for January, 2021, break all time records for checks in a month, and very high numbers of gun sales in a month.