Firearm sales, as measured by the National Instant background Check System (NICS) remain flat in January of 2025.
NICS Numbers for January 2025 Show Gun Sales Holding Level
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November 2024 NICS | Another Month of Over 1 Million Guns Sold!
The National Instant background Check System (NICS)numbers for November of 2024 show November continuing the trend toward the fifth highest year for gun sales. Gun sales were the sixth highest on the record. They were almost equal to the fifth highest, in 2022. NICS checks were the fifth highest on record.
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.
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.
NICS for June 2024 Sixth Highest Year for Gun Sales & Background Checks
NICS numbers for June of 2024 show the month to be number six in firearm sales and NICS checks. Sales continue at over one million a month.
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 for April 2024: Fifth Highest in Gun Sales and Background Checks
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 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.
DOJ Reconsiders Denial of Documents in Hunter Biden-Related NICS Permanent Entry Consent Suit
Does the DOJ have the power to create new classes of “prohibited persons” outside of what is statutorily defined?
NICS Numbers for February 2024, Steady on the New Normal
National Instant background check numbers for gun sales in February of 2024 are holding steady at the new normal. There are now over 500 million firearms in private hands in the USA.
FOIA Request Questions FBI for Using NICS on NY Ammunition Background Checks
That raises the question of where the FBI, which administers the system, is authorized to perform background checks for ammunition purchases.
NICS Numbers for January 2024 Hold Steady at New Normal
The January, 2024 National Instant background Check System (NICS) numbers show gun sales at close to the average for January for the last ten years.
NICS Gun Sales for December 2023 and the Rest of the Year
About 1.74 million gun sales were indicated by the NICS System in December of 2023. About 15.3 million guns were sold with NICS background checks in 2023, making 2023 the fourth-highest year on record.
NICS November, 2023: Third-Highest Gun Sales, Fourth-Highest Background Checks
National Instant Background Check System gun sales and background checks continue the trend for 2023. Gun sales numbers are the third highest for November.
Gun Buyer NICS Checks Top 680,000 For 2023 ‘Black Friday’ Week
Firearm sales remain consistently strong, with over a million per month for more than four years running…
NY State To Take Over Gun & Ammo Background Checks Costing You Money & Privacy
The New York state takeover of gun & ammo background checks goes into effect on September 13, & it’s going to cost you money & your privacy.
Complaint Against DOJ Seeks Documents on NICS Permanent Entry Consent
That general principle calls into question the lawfulness of requiring the permanent surrender of rights as a plea condition…
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.
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
The omnibus “loss” is one Second Amendment supporters can not only live with, but it can also set up future victories down the road.
Holcombe v. USA $230 Million Award from Air Force for Church Shooting
A federal court in Texas has awarded 230 million dollars in damages to survivors of the Sutherland Church Shooting, holding the Air Force was negligent, and the USA had waived sovereign immunity.
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.
Report: Gun Buying ‘Accelerated’; More Than 5 Million New Owners
The total number of gun purchases rose from 13.8 million to 16.6 million between 2019 and 2020. Approximately half of all new gun owners were female and nearly half were people of color.
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.
NICS for July, 2021, Second Highest Gun Sales on Record, Down from 2020
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
Total background checks have declined 29%, and total gun sales have declined 47% from last year. June of 2020 was a record-setting month.