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Posted on 02/16/2023 4:39:19 AM PST by marktwain
The National Instant background Check System (NICS) gun sales and background checks are slightly higher for January of 2023 than they were for January of 2022. Gun sales are six percent higher, and background checks are three percent higher than in January of 2022. Background checks continue to outnumber gun sales by over 2-1, as many background checks are done for purposes other than a gun sale.
With about 1.22 million guns sold in the NICS system in January, the United States is on track to equal the number of guns sold in 2022, about 17 million. If the trend continues, as seems likely, the estimated number of privately owned firearms in the United States will reach the half-billion mark, over 500 million, in September of 2023.
Lines are numbers for 2022, bars are for 2023 In 1963, M1 carbines were sold off at $17.50, with $2.50 shipping. $20 in today’s dollars would be $194. A good SKS could be had for $100 in 1994, and ammunition was absurdly cheap. $100 in 1994 dollars would be $200 in today’s dollars. Those examples are extremes. The rifles were military surplus, sold well below the market costs of production of a similar firearm.
Today, a person can purchase a new variant of the AR15 for as little as $300 if one is willing to buy a complete lower receiver and a complete upper receiver separately and take the one minute required to connect the two. The act of connecting the two assemblies probably removes manufacturers’ liabilities, as
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Lines are numbers for 2022, bars are for 2023
One of them was me
The more shootings there are, the more people realize they need protection and more guns are sold, and the political tension increases. Hopefully new gun owners will be more 2A supporters.
“Background checks continue to outnumber gun sales by over 2-1, as many background checks are done for purposes other than a gun sale.”
Maybe I’m being a little slow here, but can you expound on that?
***Prices of quality firearms were only lower when there were millions of military surplus firearms on the market.***
This is one reason so many New England congressmen were in favor of banning the sale of 5 shot bolt action army surplus rifles in the 1960s, to protect their local manufacturers such as Remington, Winchester and Savage.
They used the murder of John Kennedy with such a military rifle to get a ban on imports of these “crime guns”, as they were called.
Those same states that used to protect America’s firearm industry now want to destroy that industry or drive them out of their state.
—concealed weapons permits usually call for a background check—
“—concealed weapons permits usually call for a background check—”
Well, yes, but I don’t think they’re the same thing. My sheriff’s dept. does a NCIC check, but it’s a local thing, not through the FBI. I don’t think it’s the same thing as a gun buying background check. I’m open to being corrected, though.
Two states, Illinois and Kentucky, routinely check all permit holders once a month or more, using the NICS system. In 2020, Illinois alone accounted for 8.47 million NICS checks, but only accounted for 534,000 firearms sold.
“Over half of the National Instant background Check System checks are done for purposes other than for purchasing a firearm. Most of those are for gun permit checks and gun permit rechecks.
Two states, Illinois and Kentucky, routinely check all permit holders once a month or more, using the NICS system. In 2020, Illinois alone accounted for 8.47 million NICS checks, but only accounted for 534,000 firearms sold.”
Thanks. I did not know that. I stand corrected on my previous comment.
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