Courtesy Dean Weingarten and David Scott Posted on 03/11/2021 4:28:51 AM PST by marktwain
The number of National Instant background Check System (NICS) checks done in February of 2021 was another record for the month. The number of NICS done for firearms sales was the second-highest February ever. This shows the expansion of the NICS for uses other than firearms purchases is continuing.
To find a close approximation of the number of NICS used for firearm sales in February, we add the number of handgun checks to long gun checks, to 2.5 x multiple checks, plus the other firearms checks.
In February of 2021, there were about 1.35 million NICS checks done for firearm sales. It was the second-highest February for firearms sales in the history of NICS. The highest February was in 2016 when the number was 1.41 million checks done for firearms sales.
Courtesy Dean Weingarten and David Scott
The total number of NICS checks done in February of 2021 was 3.44 million. Nearly 61% were done for things other than firearms sales. The most prominent of those things were 1.48 million checks done for firearm carry permit rechecks, as well as .53 million checks done for firearm carry permits.
The total number of private firearms in the United States is now about 468 million. The number is calculated using the methods pioneered by Newton and Zimring, and extended by Gary Kleck in “Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America”. The numbers from 2020 and 2021 so far, are an approximation based on the NICS numbers.
Actual manufacturing and import numbers will be released by the ATF for 2020 in about a year.
The number is the cumulative addition of domestic manufacture plus imports minus exports. It does not count guns shipped to the U.S. military.
Because of the inherent imprecision involved, the figures
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Just image how many more sales there would have been if production could keep up with demand. I’m stilling searching for Savage 110 Storm in 30-06, been no stock for months.
I’m doing my part. I picked up 3 more guns in February.
I believe it would have been higher if we had the same inventory as in 2016 though. Shelves are bare as I’ve ever seen them, stuff is gone the day it’s displayed in most places around here.
Don’t even get me going on ammo either.
“I’m doing my part. I picked up 3 more guns in February.”
That’s gotta be cutting into your kid’s inheritance. LOL!
The way prices are going the kids will make out better than if it was in a savings account, that’s for sure!
I contributed to that number.
Will likely add another few this month.
Made it almost 50 years without directly owning a firearm... but after 2020 and watching our political leaders encourage and celebrate violence and lawlessness... And an election that was wholesale and flagrantly stolen and no one doing a damn thing about, it is clear that lawlessness is the new norm.
Can’t wait to get my stimulus check. And ammo to come back in stock. I think guns work better with bullets for some reason.
Was at Cabela’s last Sunday - line to buy guns was a block long. They roped off lines in the gun department to keep order. But not one box of Ammo of any caliber. Reload department shelves were empty.
” I sold a gun in February.”
Me too, and the ammo. Got a really good price too.
And also primers, cases, and powder that go with the bullets! :-)
“The way prices are going...”
Not to mention, a heck of a pension plan if you and I make it thru The Purge.
Seriously...
I can’t imagine the amount of money being spent on weaponry/ammo now days (at current prices) if February is the 2nd highest month of background checks ever. Would have to equal the GDP of some countries.
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Our current _Resident just might beat out 0bama as ‘NRA Gun Salesman of the Year’!
I have a Texas CHL/LTC and thus do not appear in the national NICS data base. I maybe bought a gun or two this past year...
I believe I have seen 450,000 as the number of LTC’s issued.... This could be completely wrong. Most of these folks might be inclined to help empty the shelves...
There is another famous Texas statement....
“COME AND TAKE IT!!!”
I just got my concealed carry license from the People's Republic of Maryland. Only took 4 months, which is pretty good at current standards.
Yeah, I was gonna say, a lot of guns are merely expensive clubs if there’s no ammo for them.
I won’t argue that.
However, in a worst-case scenario I would hope the perp would rather not guess if my weapon is loaded.
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