2020 firearms sales by type and month compared to 2019 Posted on 01/16/2021 3:37:50 AM PST by marktwain
2020 is over. The year set records for every month and for total National Instant background Check System (NICS) background checks done in a year.
2020 almost certainly set a record for the number of new firearms owners. New firearms owners are estimated at over 8 million, based on the NSSF figures of about 40% of firearms purchasers in 2020 have been new firearms owners. Precise records of new owners are not available, only estimates.
2020 firearms sales by type and month compared to 2019
In December, the number of NICS background checks was 3,937,066, an all-time record. The number of firearms sold in December was about 1.90 million. It falls short of the number of firearms sold in December of 2015, which was about 2.22 million.
The total number of NICS background checks for 2020 was 39,695,315, about 40% greater than the record set in 2019. The number of firearms sold for all of 2020 was about 20.66 million, an all-time record. The number of firearms added to the private stock in 2019 was about 13.95 million. The highest previous record total was set in 2016, at 16.29 million.
The 2019 and 2016 numbers come from the final figures provided by the ATF. It will be about a year before the final production, sales, and import figures are released from the ATF for 2020. They are expected to be close to the estimate calculated from the NICS checks.
NICS checks are done for things other than for firearm sales. For the last few years, checks for carry permits and carry permit rechecks have been more than those for firearm sales.
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I predict record sales of wrist rockets and ball bearings, cuz there ain’t no more ammo for any guns, lol
Your post reminds me of a line by Jess Black, the archer babe from Far Cry 5:
“People complaining about the ammo shortage. I’m like b*tch, get a bow. Make your own ammo with sticks and rocks.”
The shelves are bare because the ammo is being purchased long before it is made.
Some distributors are backordered for more than a year.
Not true. Check out Midway USA.
It is out there, but expensive. Handgun target rounds are going for 2x the price of self-defense rounds from 3 years ago.
Back before Y2K I bought numerous “wrist-rockets” and “ammo” for them.
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Heh. Just tried one out after 20 years - the tubing is still good! (Okay - might need to practice some!)
Buy more but more importantly, get to know your neighbor who also has one. The democrat party run governments in this country will come for us one at a time in the dead of night.
JoMa
A friend just made an impulse purchase of a firearm. 6000 “instant” checks ahead of him. He was told to expect it to take 3 weeks or more to clear.
“No use your buying that AR-15, because you’re just going to have to turn it in again!”
- Beto O’Rourke confronting a customer at a gun show.
We will see if President Trump's Supreme Court picks follow their oath with the Second Amendment.
Must be a weird state regulation.
Under federal law, if he check is delayed for more than three days, it is approved automatically.
I wonder if it is simply a way for the store to explain backorders.
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2 coworkers bought ARs in December and then spent more on ammo than they did on the AR.
No YOU go to Midway and look for ammo!
“Out of stock, unavailable”
Of course I have enough of everything for the next 8 years because I plan ahead, but newbies and boomers that havent bought ammo for years are in for a shock.
.22 lr on ammoseek...
$150 for a brick of 500.... lolololololol
No. They had it in stock, hence the impulse. It’s in Oregon. I believe Oregon and Illinois go through their State Police.
Possession is nine tenths of the law.
JoMa
That's false. You lied. You're stupid.
Midway may not have every caliber people need, but they have lots of ammo. Which, is more than "ain't no more...
I’d consider selling boxs of 50 9mm for no less than 2 bucks a round and I know people will pay it. But I’m a hoarder so not even at that price will I sell. I have stacks of bulk 1000x 9mm those would be at least two grand each. Not being prepared should hurt so people learn the lesson. And preparedness should be rewarded that’s how capitalism works.
The Supremes,,,
Bets are off.
1st. Amendment,,,Gone.
2nd,,,
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