I’ve bought my last five guns without a NICS check. None required if the purchaser has a CCL in my state. So using the NICS check as a way to count firearms purchases is way off.
I don't "need" any more guns, however I want a few more and hopefully will get them without a NICS check. I have friends in low places.
“I’ve bought my last five guns without a NICS check. None required if the purchaser has a CCL in my state. So using the NICS check as a way to count firearms purchases is way off.”
Unfortunately, first-time buyers don’t have that advantage, so the NCIS checks are a pretty good measure of those buying a gun for the first time. We, like you are multi-gun owners, so we are not “spreading” gun ownership.