Gun Sales Surge in June of 2022, NICS Checks Continue Trend Posted on 07/10/2022 4:16:42 AM PDT by marktwain
The National Instant background Check System (NICS) checks continued the trend of being the third-highest June on record, while gun sales jumped to the second-highest June on record.
The drop in NICS checks by almost 500,000 from last June occurred primarily because of the reform of the Firearms Owner IDentification card system in Illinois. Illinois checks and rechecks for permits dropped by over 400 thousand.
At the same time, gun sales (always an approximation because of the way the NICS system operates) were up by about 8% to 1.35 million. It is far from the record for June set in 2020 when about 2.13 million firearms were sold under NICS, but it is higher than the 1.25 million sold in June last year. For some context, in the record-setting year of 2016, about 1.11 million firearms were sold in June.
Gun Sales Surge in June of 2022, NICS Checks Continue Trend
As this correspondent predicted last month, firearm sales have risen in June. The most likely cause is the call for restrictive gun legislation in Congress.
The Supreme Court has decisively ruled in favor of restoring Second Amendment rights in the NYSR&PA v Bruen case. This might dampen the incentive to purchase guns. The problem is both the California Attorney General and the New York Governor and Legislature have decided to give the single-fingered salute to the Supreme Court, in regards to the Second Amendment. New York and California are two of only six states which lack the protection of the right to keep and bear arms in their state Constitutions.
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I did my part. I picked up 2 more last month - a Star BM 9mm pistol and a Star Firestar 9mm pistol. I have an addiction to Spanish steel.
Lung shooters.
Can't find an FNX-45 Tactical, HK45, or Sig Sauer P220 Legion 45.
I expect another surge from citizens in states that had their illegal carry restrictions removed.
It could be very big in California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Hawaii.
About 10% of adults in Massachusetts already have a permit, so not as much of an impact there.
Very busy day at our store yesterday.
.223 55gr. Price should be
Coming down,,,
Let’s hope.
Replacements for all those ‘items’ lost in all of those boating incidents.
Boating can be dangerous, what with all of those fish and turtles bumping the boats and causing them to sway back and forth, and stuff.
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More 2nd Amendment related articles on FR's Bang List.
The people selling guns at the flea market yesterday were doing a booming business.
Did The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban Work? No. Here Are The Data. - The Gun Study https://thegunstudy.com/facts-stats/did-the-1994-assault-weapons-ban-work-no-here-are-the-data/
On the Military and Civilian History of the AR-15 - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/on-the-military-and-civilian-history-of-the-ar-15/622310/
“It is the new normal.”
If Mother Government stays her current course, we are going to need them!
I celebrated the 4th of July with the purchase of a Glock mod 40 MOS.
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