Posted on 10/17/2017 5:24:52 AM PDT by marktwain
The Trump era of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) has been showing robust numbers for nine months now. Two of the nine months are all-time records. The overall numbers for the year are on track to be the second highest year in the history of NICS.
NICS checks for September 2017 have been 1,967,104, almost identical to the record number in 2016, of 1,992,219. That is just short of 99% of the record. The total for the year to date is 18,235,898, more than the entire year of 2011. It is 92% of the 2017 NICS at the end of September.
If the 92% figure holds for the entire year, we will have over 25 million checks for 2017. That would be the second highest NICS check year on record.
That is not bad for an industry that was supposed to crash during a Trump presidency.
It is likely, with the mass killing in Las Vegas, that NICS will break records for October. I have had people call me about where to get “bump stocks” and what AR-15 clones are best to purchase. There are numerous manufacturers of America's most popular type of rifle, and prices have dropped this year.
When there is a mass killing with guns, the media, in blatant disregard for the harm they are doing, turn enormous attention on the event in order to push for strict gun laws. They do not do this for other mass killing events.
The attention they pay to these events acts as a magnet to attract copycats who want the fame that comes with mass killing with guns. It is a well-documented effect.
The push for strict gun legislation, in turn, provides an incentive for people who
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Second highest ever is a pretty good year.
And they aren’t all right wing gun clingers buying the guns.
Could part of the increase be libs/leftist/progressives arming up because they fear the Trump presidency? I know my brother-in-law, a somewhat rabid liberal, bought a couple of pistols recently. Are both “sides” getting ready for the ultimate battle?
Americans are buying back-up guns.
Could part of the increase be libs/leftist/progressives arming up because they fear the Trump presidency? I know my brother-in-law, a somewhat rabid liberal, bought a couple of pistols recently. Are both “sides” getting ready for the ultimate battle?
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