April Sets Gun Sales Record

The Washington Free Beacon ^ | May 7, 2018 | Stephen Gutowski

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April 2018 saw the most gun-related checks run through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's background check system.

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) ran 2,233,213 checks in April, according to an FBI document. That's nearly 90,000 more checks than the previous April record set in 2016. It also represents the second month in a row to set a record with March seeing 2,767,699 checks.

The drop off in background checks between March and April matches the industry's typical sales cycle where more guns are sold in winter months than in summer months. December tends to be the best month for gun sales in any given year. December 2015 holds the record for most checks in a month with 3,314,594.

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[Kalamata]

Now THAT is funny. (and true)

[rktman]

O’bamski has to be po’d that he’s gettting bitch slapped by this little puke. ;-)

[rktman]

Hmmm. Maybe a slap fight?

[lee martell]

Guns sales have suddenly gone Hogg-Wilde!

[2ndDivisionVet]

BLOAT!

[daler]

Well, they both are on a mission and really think they’re “making a difference...”

[laplata]

Good one!

[OttawaFreeper]

I wonder if the NRA and the gun makers have sent gift baskets to these two yet?

[Harpotoo]

Hey David Hogg! Stick this up your liberal a@@-)

[dfwgator]

Hey David Hogg! Stick this up your liberal a@@-)

He'd probably enjoy it.

[IndyPatriot]

Sprayed coffee all over the keyboard on that one!

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Unless you object I am using that as my tag line!!!

[Big Red Badger]

Going Whole Hogg!

[lee martell]

Go for it.
Notice I used the spelling “Wilde” for the second word,
a tribute to Oscar Wilde, English Poet imprisoned for what they used to call ‘pederasty’. Aka NAMBLA related vice crimes.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Great, but we're getting rolled at the state level, Republican governor of VT signed that ban on mags holding more than 10 rounds, that BS in Florida again by Republicans, multiple bump stock bans — not to mention at federal Trump throwing bump stocks under the bus and we sure as hell aren't getting suppressors or national reciprocity now.

Incrementally, we're losing.

[SaveFerris]

That pic of Hogg never fails to crack me up.

He looks like he didn’t get enough Halloween candy.

[Grampa Dave]

That is funny. Now is the time to tell women about owning a gun versus depending on NOW/Dems? to protect them.

[PROCON]

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[TigersEye]

The DemoRats have been pushing for gun control for decades.
This is how it has been working out for them.

• The percentage of Americans who believe we have a right to own guns has increased.
• The number of guns owned per gun owner has increased.
• The amount of ammunition possessed per gun owner has increased.
• Concealed carry laws have spread from state to state like wildfire.
• Castle Doctrine laws have been passed in numerous states.
• Stand Your Ground laws have been passed in many states.
• Gun rights lobbying groups have become a cottage industry.
• In the worst economy since the Great Depression the firearms industry can't keep up with orders or expand fast enough.
• 65.4 Million Guns Bought Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush's First-Term Total 2/12/2013
• 46,455 Background Checks For Gun Purchases Each Day Under Obama 5/3/2013

And in the last two months... (Nov. 2012 and Dec. 2012)

• Americans Buy Enough Guns in Last Two Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Armies 1/14/2013
• NRA membership has increased by 250,000. (Jan. 2013)

And it continues...

• NRA Surges to Record 5 Million Members (May 4, 2013)

And there is more...

• FBI Report: Early 2013 Crime Decrease Coincides with Gun Sales Boom

And more...

• FBI: March 2014 Was Biggest March in Gun Background Check History
  ...the raw data shows "2,488,842 total background checks
  were performed in March 2014."

And yet more...

• Gun sales spike in June (highest June sales since 1999) July 7, 2015
  Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever,...

And more and more and...

• FBI data shows record number of September gun sales October 10, 2015
  FBI's National Instant Background Check System shows gun sales hit a record high for the fifth month in a row with 1,795,102 prospective gun owners processed in September.

We just keep buyin' more...

• Gun Sales Set Record for Sixth Month in a Row Sales for October 2015

And we bought more more more...

• Record for U.S. Gun Background Checks Set on Black Friday 12/3/2015

And more and more and more...

• 2015: The Year of the Gun (All time record number of background checks processed) 1/4/2016
  More than 23 million checks were processed through the National Instant Background Check System in 2015, an all-time record.

Could it be? More?

• July Gun Sales Crush Previous Record (2.2 million checks) 8/2/2016

More Americans buy more guns...

• October (2016) gun sales see massive spike, set yet another record 11/2/2016

We just love guns...

• Black Friday posts new single day record for gun checks at more than 200,000 Nov. 26, 2017

Buy a gun, you'll be in Hogg Heaven!

• 'Yuge' March for estimated gun sales April 3, 2018
  Applications submitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System exceeded 2.7 million last month
  —
  the busiest March on record and the third highest ranking month since the FBI began keeping track in 1998.

Another month, another record!

• April Sets Gun Sales Record May 7, 2018
  The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) ran 2,233,213 checks in April, according to an FBI document.
  That's nearly 90,000 more checks than the previous April record set in 2016.
  It also represents the second month in a row to set a record with March seeing 2,767,699 checks.

KEEP FLAPPIN' YOUR LIPS, DEMOCRATS! WE'LL BUY MILLIONS MORE. ;-)