A new report from the Everytown for Gun Safety gun prohibition lobbying group asserts last year’s spike in homicides had two contributing factors, a record number of gun sales and the outbreak of COVID-19, according to CBS News. But Everytown may have unintentionally affirmed that gun rights groups were right in their predictions at the […]
Business Insider: Gun Sales Surge as Country Emerges from Pandemic
Business Insider has joined the chorus of news agencies confirming what gun owners and the industry has known for months: the COVID-19 pandemic panic has resulted in skyrocketing gun and ammunition sales. CBS News reported earlier in the week that, “Gun stores nationwide are seeing an increase in customers. The FBI said there were almost […]
WA Gun Sales Climbed While Active CPLs Declined
The latest figures on active concealed pistol licenses in Washington State reflect a curious—and for gun rights advocates, possibly alarming—decline in the number of people licensed to carry, during a period when gun sales climbed dramatically. Writing for the National Review, David Harsanyi notes, “The United States is still in the midst of the greatest […]
Gun Sales Skyrocket in Illinois; ‘Permissive’ Laws Worry Media
Americans concerned about “looming gun control legislation and rising crime” are buying more guns, according to a report from WENY News, and the state showing the most activity is Illinois. According to Mark Oliva, public affairs director for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, “NSSF’s Adjusted National Instant Criminal Background of nearly 1.7 million background checks […]
First Quarter NICS Checks for Gun Sales Spurred by Gun Control Demands
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is reporting that the “NSSF-adjusted” figures for background checks related to gun sales in March were the second strongest for the month on record, and were likely spurred by calls for tougher gun laws following two high-profile mass shooting incidents. “It is clear that firearm sales in March were driven […]
Strong Gun Sales Continue as CCRKBA Warns About H.R. 127
Gun sales continued strongly in February, as the FBI reported its raw National Instant Check System (NICS) number of 3,442,777 initiated checks for the month were well above the raw number posted for February 2020, which was 2,802,467. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s “NSSF-adjusted” figures, there were 1,387,076 initiated NICS checks actually related […]
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