Wonderful chart.
Add at least another 15 million for 2010, 2011, and 2012.
That would bring the total NICS checks to over 125 million since it was instituted in 1998. But, the people who believe they can lie their way out of reality insist that the number of gun owners in the country is dropping.
The number from that chart is a flawed number. A buyer at a gun shop or an auction can buy unlimited long guns and the #4473 form is only counted as 1 background check. And a 4473 doesn’t cover black powder firearms.