Gun Sales and Background Checks in September Fifth Highest in 25 years

AmmoLand ^ | October 7, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

The National Instant Background Check System (NICS) numbers are in for September of 2024. They are slightly higher than those for September of 2023. There have been about two percent more gun sales than in September of 2023 and about three percent more background checks. Those increases are sufficient to place 2024 as the fifth highest September in the 25 years of NICS records, starting in 1999.

In 2024, September numbers are about 6 percent lower than they were in August. Handguns are down about 8%, long guns are up about 2 percent. Multiple gun sales are down 2.4% and other gun sales are down about 1.4%. As usual, handguns are the most popular, with long guns in second, other in third and multiple having the smallest number of NICS checks and sales. The proportions can be seen in the bar and line graphic.

NSSF-Adjusted NICS Annual Totals (in millions): 24-Year History Lines are from 2023. Bars are from 2024

August and September tend to have roughly the same overall number of gun sales. More long guns may be sold in September because of the coming hunting seasons.  August has been slightly higher than September for the last seven years. With the September sales, the total stock of privately owned firearms in the United States is approximately 512 million.

[marktwain]

The Democratic Party push for more restrictions on gun sales and infringements on the Second Amendment are keeping gun sales at more than a million a month.

Total private stock of guns in the USA is about 512 million.

[V_TWIN]

A lib dem in the WH is the best salesman the gun manufacturers ever had.

[marktwain]

This image showing the types of firearms sold by month in 2023 (lines) and 2024 (bars) is a bit easier to read.

[Billthedrill]

I’m doing my best. Come on, people!

[Scrambler Bob]

I thought I lost them in a boating accident, but now it seems they were washed away by flooding and storm surge.

[Who is John Galt?]

...gun sales at more than a million a month.

One thing I've noticed about gun owners over the decades: most of 'em seem to be a lot more willing to buy another new firearm, than they are to vote or donate five bucks to a pro-gun candidate...

[marktwain]

Unfortunately true for many people.

[absalom01]

Me too, but Brownell’s seems to be out of stock with everything I’ve tried to order lately.

Kinda hard to get a build going if you can’t get the barrel you want for 8 to 12 weeks...

[metmom]

Gee, I can’t imagine why.......

[Vaduz]

Aside from drugs it’s they only item the democratic party can increase sales in.

[rktman]

Just a simple observation. Those buying ain’t all conservatives. Just sayin’.

[NorthMountain]

Because of concealed weapon licenses in many States, not all FFL-to-citizen sales have an associated NICS check. Therefore, NICS checks are likely an underestimate of actual sales.

[Who is John Galt?]

10 Million Gun Owners Are Not Registered To Vote