Posted on 03/02/2016 9:48:29 AM PST by Iron Munro
February was the third-biggest month on record for gun background checks, according to data released Wednesday by the FBI.
Background checks, which the FBI conducts every time someone tries to buy a gun from a federally licensed dealer, rose to 2.6 million in February, according to the bureau.
February's total falls short of the record set in December, 2015, when 3.3 million background checks were recorded.
The second biggest month was in December, 2012, the month of the Sandy Hook school massacre that killed 26, when the FBI logged 2.8 million checks.
Background checks, which are conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, often spike after mass shootings. This is partly because gun buyers fear for their safety, and partly because they're wary that the crimes might result in more gun control.
2015 was a record year for background checks since the FBI started tracking them in 1998.
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It's his most successful jobs creation program.
Either that, or they fear McConnell & Ryan will steal the nomination from Trump : )
“It’s his most successful jobs creation program.”
And on top of that New England, you know our “cradle of liberty,” is loosing firearms manufacturers to states where the “cradle of liberty” has moved more recently.
Now if Sports Authority would just start stocking guns and ammo, they could turn around their Chapter 11 bankruptcy in record time.
Talk about a winning strategy....
We are all Trump now (carrying:-)!
Americans are preparing for war.
Soon, Bammie will be on TV wagging his scolding finger at “all you white people who think minorities & Muslims are coming to take what you have”, and deploring the skyrocketing rise in NCIS checks as proof that “we are becoming an armed society distrustful of those who don’t look like us”.
True and when Loretta Lynch gets confirmed to SCOTUS, the price trend of guns and ammo will look like gold in 1980.
As they should be.
You need to get out more. Not all NE states have abandoned liberty. NH hosts both Ruger and more recently Sig. Sig has invested heavily in their NH facility.
“You need to get out more. Not all NE states have abandoned liberty. NH hosts both Ruger and more recently Sig. Sig has invested heavily in their NH facility.”
I don’t need to get out more! I own five Sigs and a Ruger. And I understand Sig has expanded in NH. Still, I would have preferred that they go elsewhere. Any place that will nominate a Bernie Sanders, is not a home for gun manufacturers long-term. But as NE states go, NH is still more sane than the rest of them. But NH still has a problem with “human infection” from MA and VT, and to a lesser extent NY. Still lots of good people there, but they are quicly becoming a minority who will eventually be crushed by the Marxists as they take complete control.
I'm tired of illegal immigrants and One-Worlders lecturing us on what it takes to be a real American.
And this doesn’t include those with a carry license that are buying more guns.
In some states, including Texas, the FFL dealer doesn’t have to do a NICS if you have a permit. Some do, but it isn’t required.
https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/permanent-brady-permit-chart
I apologize for not contributing to February’s results.
I have elected to go into the marital doghouse in March instead.
At least I’ll still be helping Q1.
You do becuase youve no idea what youre talking about.
Would you have liked NH better if they ‘nominated’ Hillary? EIther way a dem would have won the dem primary there. That happens in every state tho.
‘I would have preferred that they go elsewhere. ‘
You mean they didnt consult you first? Oh my...
Every state in the union has their population of liberal loonies. None are exempt...even your state. Like it or not this nation is going the way of liberaism...even your state.
That said, I hope youre not surprised that even liberals buy guns. A fair portion of those record setting background checks were accounted for by liberals.
“That said, I hope youre not surprised that even liberals buy guns. A fair portion of those record setting background checks were accounted for by liberals.”
And that’s supposed to be a comfort to us all?
The rest of your screed isn’t worth the time it would take to type a response.
When Odindu took office, our Fred Meyer had ceased selling even ammo, and Bi-Mart did not sell handguns. A couple of years ago, Freddy’s put in a full blown gun department, and Bi-Mart followed shortly thereafter with a handgun display.
What's your take on the 20K that re-registered as Republicans for the primary?
Baraq doth protest too much.
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