Posted on 11/15/2017 5:28:21 AM PST by marktwain
The Trump era NICS checks are continuing the trend to become the second highest year for NICS checks on record. 2016 is the current record holder, with 27,538,673 NICS checks for the year.
The next highest year was in 2015, with 23,141,970. 2,030,391 NICS checks were done in October, 2017.
Through the end of October, the NICS checks for 2017 have reached 20,266,289. November and December have traditionally been the highest months for NICS checks, correlating with hunting seasons and Christmas. 2016 only needs to accumulate 2,875,681 NICS checks in the last two months of the year to become the second highest year on record. Every year since 2010 has exceeded that number for November and December.
It is more likely that the totals for November and December in will be over four million checks. They have been over four million for four of the last five years.
Four million more NICS checks would be over 24 million checks for the year.
2017 NICS checks have been at 91% of the level of the all time record in 2016.
NICS checks are being used for both new and used firearms sales. They are being used for other purposes as well. Firearms carry permits are rapidly expanding across the United States, with over 16 million carry permits currently in use. NICS checks are used for both initial issue of a permit and for the renewal of permits. Some NICS checks are used for background checks for employment.
Because of the expanding use of NICS checks, the number of firearms added to private stock in the United States is a fraction of the NICS checks. Past calculations based on ATF records indicate that about .56 firearms are added to the private stock in the United States for each
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What are NICS checks? While I am exposing my ignorance I might as well go for broke. What does SJW mean?
So much for the Trump Slump.
I’m really hoping that Black Friday brings a great deal on an AR so I can ask Mrs. Santa to put one under the tree for me.
NICS=National Instant Criminal Background Check System
SJW= Social Justice Warrior
Somehow I doubt these are all republican voters.
NICS checks are the background checks conducted by the FBI for firearms sales conducted through federally licensed dealers.
SJW is Social Justice Warrior, a term of derision aimed at online idiots.
The only stupid question is the one not asked.
A NICS check is a National Instant Check System background check that everyone must go through (with limited exceptions) before they can purchase a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer.
A SJW is a Social Justice Warrior, usually a young far left idealist who espouses the usual leftist drivel. Extreme examples of SJWs can be found in Berkeley smashing windows and burning cars because a conservative dare attempt to speak on “their” campus.
This is telling me prices won’t go down. Had my heart set on a M1A, sorta hoping they’d be cut by a couple hundred, but I checked a couple days ago and they actually went up.
Prices have dropped on AR-15s, but rebounded a bit.
You can get plenty of AR-15s for under $500.
There is only one source for M1A rifles, AFIK.
There used to be a Chinese copy, before Clinton banned the imports.
Thanks to all who helped me alliviate a small portion of my ignorance.
“So much for the Trump Slump.”
The threat...democrats...has not gone away, in fact it has gotten worse.
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