Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever, according to the FBI’s background check data.
Last month the FBI conducted nearly 1.53 million background checks, which are required for all in-store purchases, but not for sales at gun shows or between individuals. That’s the highest volume of checks in June since 1999, when the FBI started keeping track.
Gun background checks have climbed annually since 2003 with the exception of just three years, one of which was 2014, indicating a clear jump in gun sales.
First up, anti-gunner points for saying you don’t get background checks at gunshow.
Still just look at those numbers! 1.53 Million background checks last month! And numbers have been high since 2003.
Even if each check is ONE firearm (it isn’t) and those guns are all Hi-Points, Ruger American rifles, and Mossberg Mavericks, that’s still BILLIONS of dollars.
When you really look at the numbers, and listen to the anti-gun narrative that the rise in gun sales are just hardcore gunnies buying more and more guns rather than new people buying guns, it just doesn’t even make sense economically.
Dunno what they’re smoking, but I want some.. DECLINING? Really??? When NCIS checks are at an all time high?
They look at soft surveys – not hard data like background checks – that ask “Do you own a gun?” or “Is there a gun in your home?” Anyone with 2 brain cells will answer “No!” (Who wants to end up on that list?)