Posted on 08/12/2020 5:17:07 AM PDT by marktwain
July 2020 was another record-breaking month for both National Instant background Check System (NICS) checks and gun sales. The total number of checks was 3,639,224, a record number of checks for the month, and the third-highest month ever. Both of the higher months (March and June) are in 2020.
As noted before, more and more NICS checks are being done for carry permits and carry permit rechecks. There were nearly as many NICS checks done for permits in July of 2020 as there were for gun sales, which is to say, about half of NICS checks are not for the sale of guns.
Courtesy Dean Weingarten. NICS by Category. Bars are 2020, lines are 2019
Fortunately, the FBI tells us what checks were actually done for gun sales. It is not absolute, as there can be multiple guns sold on one check. In about half of the states, people with permits to carry can buy guns using the check which was done for their permit. They are not counted as another check, because their sale is not recorded in the instant check system as a sale.
The formula for the approximate number of gun sales is handgun checks + Long guns checks + Other guns checks + 2.5 x multiple sales on 1 check = 1.84 million gun sales in July, 2020.
That is the all time record number of sales for July, by a large amount. The next highest month was in July of 2016, of 1.22 million.
July is traditionally the lowest month for gun sales. This year it is among the highest. Last month, June 2020, had more. July was down a bit from June's 2.13 million guns sold. The total is about 11.84 million guns sold so far this year.
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Bars are 2020 data, lines are 2019 levels.
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Those numbers are INSANE.
The little gun shop I work in is selling all the handguns and ARs they can get.
It appears that suburban and rural American Patriots are preparing for counterinsurgency operations against the Bolshevik mob.
I have been unable to get many types of ammo I want.
I have got to quit going to gun shows. They had one locally with maybe 50 tables yet I still managed to find somethings I couldn’t live without.
It was a rare month last month. I did not buy a gun. I will make up for it this month - there are 2 I want and will get.
WOW! Off the charts, indeed!
Since they can only gather data from legally purchased/registered guns, I wonder what the data is for the illegal guns changing hands these days?
Just curious...
Whenever you see a consistent increase of 100%+ it truly is amazing. Much of this is due to the Dems allowing anarchy and encouraging riots, property destruction and murder.
I can't say the American people are still asleep.
Month after month after month it has just been record, record, record.
Prolly folks buying them then voting for President Harris to take them away.
He and his two middle aged daughters just got their permits to buy and carry pistols.
I was truly shocked when he called me for advice, and told me about his decision.
The world is changing, bigly.
That’s a really good point.
He was the greatest gun salesman, ever - until the present. President Donald Trump may take that legacy from him as well.
According to my calculations, 97.2 million guns were sold from 2009 through 2016, inclusive.
It the trend continues through the end of President Trump's first term, there will have been about 60 million firearms added to the private stock in four years. With only about a hundred million gun owners in the United States, there is a potential for serious upside.
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